did an episode recently, not only about invading during the Olympics (the Olympic Truce) [where the US never faced any pushback over 10 Olympics games throughout the wars in West Asia] but also about destroying or occupying sports facilities in invaded areas
Did they get banned banned or are they still doing the thing where the athletes still compete but with generic uniforms and no Russian flag/anthem they did after the Sochi doping scandal?
This time they didn't even let Russians or Belorussians be part of the opening ceremony. They had a refugee team, but not a general one for people who couldn't be part of a different nation.
The ghouls in charge would probably just shrug and say Gaza isn’t a country. Rules are just made up to justify libs doing what they were already determined to do.
Israel has illegal occupations recognized by the UN in Palestine. They also occupy the Sheba Farms of Lebanon and the Golan Heights of Syria, two nations they have illegally invaded.
Because that would be political to allow Russia in, but also it would be political to ban the entity from the games too. So in an effort to be as unpolitical as possible we banned some countries for some invasions and kept some countries for some invasions.
The Olympics and FIFA are totally apolitical organizations btw.
I was under the impression that the reason they were banned was because of all the doping, and only tangentially related to the war. I haven't read that much about it though.
Aren't countries that are invading other countries banned from the Olympics? That's the flimsy reason why Russia isn't allowed this time.
This was quite educational. Basically, the IOC's official stance is:
(And Amerikkka is excluded from these rules. As is tradition.)
Did they get banned banned or are they still doing the thing where the athletes still compete but with generic uniforms and no Russian flag/anthem they did after the Sochi doping scandal?
The latter. The athletes are all there. It's so stupid.
Even though it's a pale comparison to the heart of the USSR anthem, massive L taking out the best one Olympic committee
This time they didn't even let Russians or Belorussians be part of the opening ceremony. They had a refugee team, but not a general one for people who couldn't be part of a different nation.
The ghouls in charge would probably just shrug and say Gaza isn’t a country. Rules are just made up to justify libs doing what they were already determined to do.
Israel has illegal occupations recognized by the UN in Palestine. They also occupy the Sheba Farms of Lebanon and the Golan Heights of Syria, two nations they have illegally invaded.
Because that would be political to allow Russia in, but also it would be political to ban the entity from the games too. So in an effort to be as unpolitical as possible we banned some countries for some invasions and kept some countries for some invasions.
The Olympics and FIFA are totally apolitical organizations btw.
I was under the impression that the reason they were banned was because of all the doping, and only tangentially related to the war. I haven't read that much about it though.
That was last time. This time it's because they violated THE OLYMPIC TRUCE, which only applies to Enemy States, apparently.