US: An Historical Comparison...

Right Wing News brings us two quotes separated by nearly a century in time, but more importantly by a much wider gulf in apparent moral strength.

Two quotes that reflect the WWII generation's greatness alongside what will be remembered as the abject shame of vast swaths of the current political left.

First up is this recent statement from US Olympic Committee consultant Mike Moran.

"What I am telling the athletes is, 'Don't run over and grab a flag and take it round the track with you.' It's not business as usual for American athletes. If a Kenyan or a Russian grabs their national flag and runs round the track or holds it high over their heads, it might not be viewed as confrontational. Where we are in the world right now, an American athlete doing that might be viewed in another manner."

Contrast this with the following account of the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin - where Jesse Owens dampened annihilated any propaganda value the German National-Socialist [Nazi] regime may have expected.

"A huge bell announced the start of the parade of the athletes. As always it was a colorful event. Some details, however, were out of the ordinary. Passing below the fuhrer's booth, the Austrian team gave the Nazi salute; the crowd cheered loudly. To the surprise of almost everyone, the Bulgarians goose-stepped by. The French gave a salute that looked like the Nazi one, although they claimed later that it was the raised Olympic salute. The British did not lift their eyes to the "Tribune of Honor" and got booed.

Last in the alphabetical list of the foreign teams was the Vereinigten Staaten, the United States. On passing below the booth, all the previous groups had lowered their national flags. The Americans refused to do so."

Hold your flag high American Olympians.
Show the whole world how your nation towers over the sniping from it's numerous misguided detractors.

UPDATE: The situation has been rectified.
Thanks to the actions of people like unclegod and Twistytippi.
;^)