This is a thread was about whether you think Russia should be banned from the Olympics since they are trying to take over another country via war. It was not a thread about what Germany or Japan did in WW2 or what they US has done in the past. But it turned into a thread about Russia vs Ukraine and we already have a thread on that so I've closed the thread to new posts. Everyone's views on that are largely set and don't need to be discussed here.
So every Russian agrees with Putin? What a dumb comment. I am neighbors with a Russian living in American. He still has family in Russian. He’s posted on Facebook against the war, etc… why do idiots like you assume all Russians agree with Putin? All of the lrc tough guys would turtle like complete b*tches if they were Russian.
So every Russian agrees with Putin? What a dumb comment. I am neighbors with a Russian living in American. He still has family in Russian. He’s posted on Facebook against the war, etc… why do idiots like you assume all Russians agree with Putin? All of the lrc tough guys would turtle like complete b*tches if they were Russian.
The Russians who disagree with Putin suffer a similar fate to Navalny, among others. Being a Russian in America is a luxury dissenters in Russia don't have.
"you logic is twisted - invading another country with the intent to take it over - means invading country takes all responsibility and care about people on taken territory"(quote)
Like the way Nazi Germany took "all responsibility and care" for the Russians after they invaded Russia in 1941? Millions died from that invasion, but you won't know that.
Or maybe the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, which saw the Katyn massacres. Propagandists like you don't have much time for facts.
US has invaded 7 nations in the last 21 years.
No need to go back 83 years to a nation that has not existed for over 30 years
That's what the world is telling Putin. But he won't listen.
Russia is not fighting for its own defence. It is engaged in a brutal war of attempted conquest, with war crimes being committed against a civilian population. If the ideals and values of the Olympics have any meaning a nation so engaged in an affront to the comity of nations has no place in a festival that celebrates those values.
If Russia is banned the Olympics as an institution is dead. The Olympics are supposed to be a neutral event of sporting to bring the world together despite all political differences. This is the standard that has been applied up until now.
In the last Olympics the rule against protest was thrown aside so woke athletes from the richest countries in the world could virtues signal on the world stage. If the Olympics is now weaponized on behalf of western nations over political disagreements it will be a big blow. This is a standard that has not been applied to any other country despite dozens of instances this century of one nation violating another's sovereign borders.
This is a thread was about whether you think Russia should be banned from the Olympics since they are trying to take over another country via war. It was not a thread about what Germany or Japan did in WW2 or what they US has done in the past. But it turned into a thread about Russia vs Ukraine and we already have a thread on that so I've closed the thread to new posts. Everyone's views on that are largely set and don't need to be discussed here.
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