Origin of the Olympic torch relay.

The Olympic games opening ceremony takes place today. My question is, what have London 2012 and Berlin 1936 got in common? The answer is, one, the torch relay and, two, thousands of troops on the streets. The idea of a "torch relay" was introduced by Carl Diem, a German sports administrator. The torch relay was just that a relay of runners who carried the torch through Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia. The whole thing was filmed by the world renowned German director Leni Riefenstahl, and used for propaganda purposes by Josef Goebbels. He used it to show the world that Germany had risen from the ashes of the First World War and was prospering under Hitler's leadership. The torch relay for London 2012 has been used for the the same reasons. It has visited the most prosperous regions of the UK. That is understandable because the poorest places in the UK are becoming more akin to a third world country than a country with membership of the G8. Like Berlin 1936, we also have thousands of troops on the streets. This is the most militarised games since 1936, not as many personnel but, much more firepower, including a Helicopter Carrier, missile batteries and a high powered sonic weapon. Are they expecting trouble? Hang on a minute, I have forgotten the "war on terror" silly me. The one thing I will be watching for is if they carry out any drills or exercises. Both 911 and 7/7 took place at the same time as US authorities were exercising a scenario of flying planes into buildings and UK authorities were carrying out an exercise of a scenario of bombing the London underground and buses. Quite a coincidence you might think. The only thing is, I don't believe in coincidences. There is a whole raft of sites on the Internet with predictions of a terrorist attack during the Olympics. Most are just scaremongering but a few are just plain scary. I will let all who read this do there own research and make their own mind up. I hope London 2012 goes off without a hitch. Till next time.