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| quote: | Originally posted by BadBadNeil
Iran doesn't recognize Israel as a country but they were both there. Just because a single country doesn't recognize a country to exist it doesn't mean they can't participate. They were even talking about an iranian who drew an israeli in his first round and he may quit the games because they don't recognize israelis to exist. Now that is screwed up to me. |
thats is quite screwed up. its really sad imo when different people wont accept on basis of religion or history. i mean, i understand the palestinian and israeli conflicts have been going on for such a long time, but once every four years people from opposing countries, etc can settle their differences in a peaceful manner. plus i would think that if he doesnt recognize israel as a nation he would want to prove his self-named superiority by competing and beating another person at something he loves to do. but what do i know.
lastly, i dont understand why the US got as much cheers as they did. i mean, im from the US but i dont like it very much. im planning on moving to europe in a few years. but the fact that most of the world despizes the US, or atleast the US foreign policy and whatnot, i dont understand why we received so many cheers. i personally dont think we deserved it. but oh well. i was just glad some other countries that you wouldnt expect to get cheers actually did, and big ones at that.
i dont remember whos team, it was either afghanistan or iraq i think, that was flown out secretly by military transport because otherwise they werent allowed to go or something along those lines. i missed something though.
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