Let this be a reminder to the old, and
lesson to the young, that no matter how good you are and the reputation of your
Country in one area, those same Countrymen can cancel all the kudos in a moment
of complacency. The Ryan Lochte saga is now making waves around the world, as
up until now he was a respected swimmer well known in that field from the US
Gold Medal contingent.
Now this sorry excuse for an American
cannot be defended by even the worst underworld figure in the US, as his
actions are NOT defensible, and Brazil which has its own share of problems
being able to put it all behind them and give us a wonderful games, does NOT
deserve false allegations of robbery concocted by some dastardly Americans.
I trust the US authorities will punish
these swimmers in some form, as their action has resulted in the reputation of
the US, which at best in South America is of unpalatable Gringos, has been
confirmed as completely crooked third class specimens consorting as Sportsman, and
never to be trusted to tell the truth.
This makes the whole Russian Doping
scandal look like a walk in the park, as all the Russian athletes have suffered
terribly due to their ban in these games, and any right minded person would
say, that the US Golds don’t amount to a hill of beans in comparison to the
actions of these men. Worse, Lochte escaped the net back to the US and
continued his tirade of lies when his own compatriots were hauled for
questioning in Brazil, and the truth finally emerged.
The fact that they were released to
leave the US immediately tells more about the abuse of the use of power by the
US to request the Brazilians to hush this up without them doing jail time, as
per Brazilian law. This makes it even more disconcerting to the Brazilian
public, further re-enforcing the American stereotype amongst the average South
American.
The US criminals, do not believe they
have committed a crime, would rather falsify a crime of theirs, to a crime
committed upon themselves. How can an American ever be trusted to tell the
truth? The repercussions of this hugely BAD publicity will reverberate across the
world in the next few days, before the news becomes yesterday’s news, but US reputation
has suffered a permanent blot!!!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37127499
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37127499
Yet another example of the famous US dictum "Do as we say, not as we do". Why do you think the indigenous people of North America, the Red Indians, were constrained to declare "White Man speaks with forked tongue" ?
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