The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from February 12-28. It will be the largest security operation in Canadian history. Military planners will undoubtedly use it as a template for securing future high profile events. Canadian security officials continue to work closely with their American counterparts in preparation for the test that the Games will pose to the security of its shared border. Integration of Canada’s security and military structures with the U.S. have already been advanced through the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), NORTHCOM, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), the Bi-National Planning Group, the Civil Assistance Plan, as well as other initiatives. Training and security provisions for the Olympics might be used to further accelerate the merging of U.S-Canada command structures and the militarization of North America. The 2010 Olympics will be a hellhole of police state measures with far-reaching effects that could remain in place long after the Games are finished.
http://nauresistance.org/2009/10/police-state-canada-2010-and-the-dark-side-of-the-olympics/
Stumble It!
We know they are not committed to free speech; but far more serious is stopping terrorists disrupting the games. And that is what this is directed to.
I agree with you leew' this article while pointing out the obvious restraining of anything anti olympic is also fear mongering about our military and police conducting joint operations with the US. Fact is that since wwi we have had joint operations with the american and our military and we still somehow manage to be our own country.
This type of cooperation is nessesary to stem any possability of cross border terrorist activities in relation to the games.
We know they are not committed to free speech; but far more serious is stopping terrorists disrupting the games. And that is what this is directed to.
I agree with you leew' this article while pointing out the obvious restraining of anything anti olympic is also fear mongering about our military and police conducting joint operations with the US. Fact is that since wwi we have had joint operations with the american and our military and we still somehow manage to be our own country.This type of cooperation is nessesary to stem any possability of cross border terrorist activities in relation to the games.
I know. I wonder what they think NORAD (and for that matter NATO) is.
Yes terrorists can strike anywhere and anytime but no one wants to the Government that says, "Ah heck this is too much lets do it smaller scale, and then have something happen. Heads would roll. SO s perception has to be kept up, 1) that security is rock solid, which it never can be unless no one's invited, and 2) the if something happens there was nothing more they could do.
Now people say its too much but is the Olympic Oval blows up people will be saying not enough was done. Public Safety Canada can't win in the court of public opinion.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columb ... bccla.html
Ed Deak.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/10/14/OlympicsHomelessLaws/
Once the precedent has been set, then long after the olympics have ended, the precedents for elimination of charter rights remains. This is the Bush solution for stopping terrorists from taking away our rights, beat them to it, so we no longer have any rights to lose. Some solution!
Statistically, we have greater odds of being hit by an asteroid than being hit by a terrorist attack. Maybe if they succeeed in making Olympics a thing of the past, we will all be better off in the long run . I've heard people from Chicago saying " Thank god we didn't get the olympics."
I'm making up a simple T shirt that says "OLYMPICS SUCK". Lets all wear them. All it takes is a fabric marker and a clean T shirt from the thrift store.
Olympics are simply a tool for the ending of civil rights.