Lebanese team refuses to share bus with the Israeli team to the opening ceremonies.

[Lucy Hamilton]

Disgraceful behaviour. At least they were reprimanded.
Good luck to the Israeli team.

Lebanese Olympic team scolded by IOC for refusing to let Israelis on bus
The head of the Lebanese Olympic delegation was reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday after refusing to let the Israeli delegation board a bus the two teams were supposed to share.

As a result, according to the original Facebook post by Israeli sailing coach Udi Gal, event organizers tried to scatter the Israeli athletes on several different buses. He called this “unacceptable for security and representative reasons.”

During the hearing on the matter, the IOC committee warned Salim al-Haj Nakoula the head of the Lebanese delegation, that they would not accept any further instances like this.


Al-Haj Nakoula responded that the whole incident was the result of a misunderstanding.

A source from the Lebanese Olympic committee told Lebanese television station Al Mayadeen on Saturday that the refusal to allow the Israeli delegation to ascend the bus on Friday was a group decision of the Lebanese Olympic delegation.

A separate source also said that Lebanese athletes are "committed to the national position in refusing to be in the same place as the Israelis." He added that Lebanon will remain part of the resistance against Israel. ...

The JPost

Then tell them to start walking back home as they are not wanted in civilisation any more. Then remove them from all international events so they are seen as the racists they are

No that would be considered in itself racist, you know how the Politically Correct crowd operate.

 

[frigidweirdo]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

Then do the same to Lebanon as they did to Russia and kick them out of the Olympics for bringing them into disrepute. If they are allowed to get away with using the Olympics for political views then the Olympics has failed.

"If they are allowed to get away with using the Olympics for political views then the Olympics has failed."

The Olympics has now failed for two reasons.

First, at least 60% of the Opening Ceremony was a political event, full of gibberish about the Climate Change Hoax, the "poor refugees" and the Multiculturalism crap.

Second, the special "Refugee Team" parading around in the midst of several nauseating and deeply political diatribes from the stage about how everyone must be Multicultural and "support" the "poor refugees" etc.

It's incredible that the "Refugee Team" had the time to train for the Olympics, I mean escaping war and trekking thousands of miles across at least ELEVEN nations who aren't at war to get to the wealthiest nations in Europa.

For the above two reasons, this household is boycotting the Olympics being held in the craphole called Rio de Janiero.

Oh, the Olympics failed years ago, they're all professionals, now ever professional boxers are in the ring. You have golfers getting annoyed that only the best golfers from a nation are allowed to compete, that companies aren't allowed to advertise etc etc.

The Olympic spirit? Vodka for the Russians who can't go because they were not caught doping, but American cheats caught TWICE are there.....

 

[irosie91]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

This is what happens when Nationalism takes over. Make Lebanon great!

Lebanon SHOULD BE GREAT-----it was once great----just the word LEBANON in Hebrew poetry-------is kinda poetic.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

 

[frigidweirdo]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

This is what happens when Nationalism takes over. Make Lebanon great!

Lebanon SHOULD BE GREAT-----it was once great----just the word LEBANON in Hebrew poetry-------is kinda poetic.

So, all they need to do to be great is to build a wall, invade a country while saying they shouldn't invade anyway, import crap low paid jobs from China and make people wear baseball caps.

Then they'll be so fucking GREAT all the men will be ejaculating every two minutes, they won't even need women....

 

[frigidweirdo]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Why?

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

This is what happens when Nationalism takes over. Make Lebanon great!

Lebanon SHOULD BE GREAT-----it was once great----just the word LEBANON in Hebrew poetry-------is kinda poetic.

Lebanon was a beautiful nation until the 1975 Civil War, of which the PLO played a big part in helping to start via tons of Palestinian refugees fighting with the Maronites, then various Pan-Arabist and Leftist groups joined forces with the PLO crowd and then the whole Civil War erupted and went on for 15 years.

The result, Lebanon has been a mess since 1990, and Beirut, which was once called the Paris of the Middle East is a total mess.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Why?

Blatantly violating the Olympic spirit.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Lebanon was a beautiful nation until the 1975 Civil War, of which the PLO played a big part in helping to start via tons of Palestinian refugees fighting with the Maronites, then various Pan-Arabist and Leftist groups joined forces with the PLO crowd and then the whole Civil War erupted and went on for 15 years.

The result, Lebanon has been a mess since 1990, and Beirut, which was once called the Paris of the Middle East is a total mess.

Islam makes everything ugly.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Why?

Blatantly violating the Olympic spirit.

Yes a disgrace and absolutely no problem openly violating their OWN established rules.

So the previously non-political Olympic Committee have now nailed their colours to the mast and not too shockingly have announced that they're full-on Leftists and in total support of the ridiculous Leftist Agenda of Kumbaya and Multiculturalism and the Climate Change Hoax.

 

[frigidweirdo]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Why?

Blatantly violating the Olympic spirit.

Well, what is the Olympic Spirit?

Making a ton of money out of advertising?
Professional sports people?
Russians not being allowed for not being found doping, and Americans who have been caught doping allowed?

Please, do explain the Olympic spirit.

 

[Tilly]

The Lebanese should have left their squabbles, bigotry and antisemitism at home.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Why?

Blatantly violating the Olympic spirit.

Well, what is the Olympic Spirit?

Making a ton of money out of advertising?
Professional sports people?
Russians not being allowed for not being found doping, and Americans who have been caught doping allowed?

Please, do explain the Olympic spirit.

Those are separate issues; and I'm not going to explain a common knowledge concept.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Oh, the Olympics failed years ago, they're all professionals, now ever professional boxers are in the ring. You have golfers getting annoyed that only the best golfers from a nation are allowed to compete, that companies aren't allowed to advertise etc etc.

The Olympic spirit? Vodka for the Russians who can't go because they were not caught doping, but American cheats caught TWICE are there.....

You're comparing a system of cheating to isolated occurrences. Pretty lame.

 

[aris2chat]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Iran has refused when competing one on one with Israel in events.

Olympic origins was a time to put war aside, unfortunately today some political backlash when some countries are competing against Israel have suffered if they do or don't befriend or meet each other.

Miss universe is the most viable example. The contestants have to be in rehearsals and on stage, living with each other as a group during the contest so when some make friends or do selfies it makes press. This is what international competition should be. People coming together from around the world as a global community.

Football, tennis, etc., it can be very disappointing especially when ties in some middle east countries and Israel are becoming stronger and making inroads to normality.

 

[aris2chat]

The Lebanese should have left their squabbles, bigotry and antisemitism at home.

not so easy when "technically" Lebanon is still in a state of war with Israel. Lebanon tried and agreed to peace back in '83 but Syria prevented ratification. A third to half of Lebanese population want to change the situation. The lack of a president for so many years, Hezbollah and nearly as many refugees as Lebanese in the country make actual peace problematic for now. If Aoun does become president it won't change for another decade or more.

Sadly I'd rather a public but non-violent protest at the Olympics over a bus than going back to bombings, assassination and further radicalization between the faiths and parties in Lebanon. If half had gotten on the bus and half not it really it could have split Lebanon down the middle and given Hezbollah the edge rather than a stalemate.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Muslim mentality.

Lebanon is a living lesson to the world about Islamization, yet the Leftist idiots in bed with the Islamists refuse to learn it.

How many people here even realize that Lebanon was established as a country with a Christian majority, I wonder? Between Muslim breeding and Muslim harassment of all who are non-Muslim, however, it has been reduced to just another Islamist hell hole as those who were persecuted move out to get away from it.

How long will it be until Belgium, Sweden or France are facing the same situation, and where will the persecuted be able to move to?

 

[frigidweirdo]

it's the Olympic spirit!

Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team

They should be disqualified.

Why?

Blatantly violating the Olympic spirit.

Well, what is the Olympic Spirit?

Making a ton of money out of advertising?
Professional sports people?
Russians not being allowed for not being found doping, and Americans who have been caught doping allowed?

Please, do explain the Olympic spirit.

Those are separate issues; and I'm not going to explain a common knowledge concept.

Right...

Remember that the Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun revolved around the Earth was a "common knowledge concept" once upon a time. Probably still is in the South.

 

[aris2chat]

Muslim mentality.

Lebanon is a living lesson to the world about Islamization, yet the Leftist idiots in bed with the Islamists refuse to learn it.

How many people here even realize that Lebanon was established as a country with a Christian majority, I wonder? Between Muslim breeding and Muslim harassment of all who are non-Muslim, however, it has been reduced to just another Islamist hell hole as those who were persecuted move out to get away from it.

How long will it be until Belgium, Sweden or France are facing the same situation, and where will the persecuted be able to move to?

War forcing many to leave and pressure of armed refugees within Lebanon changed the balance of 18 recognized and politically represented faiths in the country.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Oh, the Olympics failed years ago, they're all professionals, now ever professional boxers are in the ring. You have golfers getting annoyed that only the best golfers from a nation are allowed to compete, that companies aren't allowed to advertise etc etc.

The Olympic spirit? Vodka for the Russians who can't go because they were not caught doping, but American cheats caught TWICE are there.....

You're comparing a system of cheating to isolated occurrences. Pretty lame.

Being caught twice is not isolated.

Sport's top ten most notorious drug cheats

Top drug cheats.

Lance Armstrong - American
Floyd Landis - American
Marion Jones - American
Mark McGwire - American

Four out of the top ten here are American. There are others not included, Justine Gatlin, Tyson Gay etc etc.

Or is this just how things work, loads of Russians get caught it's a system of cheating, loads of Americans get caught it's just isolated incidents? You don't think there isn't a system of cheating going on in US sport that has led to so many athletes, especially in athletics, being caught, and caught more than once in many instances?

Who's there to say it isn't a system of cheating but Russia's is?