My intelligence communications class final project this past term was to put together a list of events that would effect US national security over the next twenty-four to thirty-six months. We mentioned the Olympics and the election in Iran. We also mentioned the 2010 World Cup. Against the discretion of my professor to look for smaller events, I focused on the Cup. I can not help it, it's the fan in me. My estimation was that the Cup would fail for infrastructure reasons. The builders of the stadiums walking out over the past six months surely brought to my mind Heysle. The last thing that FIFA needs is for a stadium to collapse because it was put together at the last moment.
Well... it seems like my analysis was a bit off. Violence against foreigners has erupted in South Africa and for the time being it doesn't look like it's going to stop. To my knowledge FIFA has never moved the site of the Cup but this could happen if the violence continues for another few months without any decrease in it. But, Bela, the Cup isn't for another two years. True. However, do you really think that FIFA will allow a country to host the tournament where the nations of the world come together. If the situation does not get better within the month, look for FIFA to begin to discuss the possibility of moving the games. Truly sad.
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