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Dissent Is Patriotic (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:40 AM Original message |
Iraqi athletes banned from Olympics... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Really sad. This country needs to be supported right now. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They let us come in and rescue them from a dictator? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Lets hope so |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Well, technically we did. |
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RNdaSilva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Non-political? |
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Dissent Is Patriotic (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think that if Americans saw them on the world stage |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. That would be an interesting opinion... |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. The reason given - |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. well, the Iraqi government did disband the National Olympic Committee and replace it |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. and |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. the Chinese Olympic Committee is non-governmental |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Perhaps this will help you a bit ... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. help me what? |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. ...the International Olympic Comittee... |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Whaa...? |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Of course it's a mess...it's run out of Wash. DC by assholes. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. ...what? Bush tried to turn the revival of Iraqi sports into a PR coup in 2004. He even |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. exactly -- i'm glad someone else remembers that |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Nonesense |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. And who installed and controls virtually everything the puppet Iraqi government does? |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. This makes me want to vomit |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I used to look forward to the Olympics -- especially the summer Olympics. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The IOC does not ban nations for political reasons. The entire point of the Olympics is |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. but that government is the government we installed. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. No its not. Its a government voted in by the people of Iraq. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. The IOC isn't the only sports organization to object to government interference |
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Soul Creature Media (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hate crime goes global |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Then Iraq should not have violated the rules. The US does not make or enforce IOC regulations. |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. How did Iraq violate the rules? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. By suspending the National Olympic Committee of Iraq and replacing it with |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Well, I hope they can work something out |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. They disbanded their NOC. |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Gee, I guess I was wrong in thinking that the youth of the world, |
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