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Boo fucking hoo. Russia is a pariah nation for a number of reasons. Things they could stop doing. They keep doing it. They dont deserve to have their national teams in these competitions. Its not complicated.
if what happened to Russia was done in Mexico to the US, we would be your same pariah. Warhawks, no matter the origin, need to be shut down.
It's a tough call to exclude players from international competition based on the actions of their government. On one hand it makes sense to not grant legitimacy to a symbol of national pride to a bad actor, but on the other hand it seems misdirected to punish people who had no involvement in how their government behaves. Imagine if the US had gotten kicked out of the Olympics because we invaded Iraq on false pretenses, killing hundreds of thousands for what was essentially war and oil profiteering; would we agree with that decision?
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