(12-07-2017 12:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

These athletes have worked their whole lives to make the Olympics. I would hate to seem them denied the opportunity to participate in the games. Still, given the insanity of Kim Jung-un, their safety cannot be guaranteed.

Quote:UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that it was an “open question” whether US athletes would be attending the Winter Olympics in South Korea amid tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

Haley told Fox News that there would be future “conversations” about whether the country would attend the February sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

“There’s an open question,” she told the network.

“I have not heard anything about that, but I do know in the talks that we have — whether it’s Jerusalem or North Korea — it’s about, how do we protect the US citizens in the area?”

As North Korea continues to test launch missiles into the sea, Haley said the US would take every precaution possible to keep the athletes safe.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/07/nikki-hale...-question/

Russia was barred from competing ...so obviously its in Russia's interest to get back at the IOC.