re: #36 Justanotherhuman

Anyone who thinks that the US doesn’t have an “understanding” with Russia on counter terrorism hasn’t been paying attention for the past 12 years. Islamic terrorism isn’t targeting just US interests. They also target Russian interests too, so there’s a need to share (but just how much is actually shared depends on who’s doing the talking, the issue involved, and just how much cooperation is being given at any point in the US-Russia relationship).

We saw that there was some sharing around the Boston bombing, but there was also questions about whether Russia was sharing everything they knew, and shared it in a timely fashion.

Russia has an interest in stomping out the Islamic terror groups that operate in Southern Russia and the neighboring regions. Attacks ahead of Sochi are going to mean security will be significantly boosted for the Games, but it also means that the terror groups will try to carry out attacks during that time to show that even the heightened security can’t stop them from inflicting mayhem.