I love how this is a non-issue. Could you imagine the outrage if this was discrimination against any other group? Gawker’s staff would explode if this Egyptian did this to a woman or homosexual.

That’s a safety issue I’d imagine. No way an Israeli team is safe in any Muslim country.

And that was with Syria’s help. And it took the USSR to stop the beating.

They're cowards.

You would think as an Egyptian, losing to an Israeli would be routine by now.

You guys act like the girl sucked on her tit in the water. No way watching this live anyone saw it. I couldn't see it until I watched it twice knowing what to look for.

Where's the CBC feed mistaking her for Gabby Davis?

God I felt terrible for Lochte last night. Not only does Phelps beat him again, but he doesn’t even medal.

Of course war is not solely the answer, combating fundamentalist thinking requires an unprecedented multilateral approach.

Agreed the U.S. fucked up majorly in a number of situations. Really the only wise thing they’ve done with the Middle East is support Israel and back Turkey post WWII. But that doesn’t excuse this region of its excesses. Genital mutilation, child brides, throwing rape victims in jail, honor killings, “boy…

Am I the only one who thinks the people writing in about how they fucked with some wrestler sound like douches?

Alabama fan huh...don’t you have a relative to impregnate or a fast food frier that needs to be tended to.

Ok well in judging your handful of friends from 2 countries vs a steady stream of news and my own common sense I’m going to have to go with my gut.

True that the region was far more liberal then. But of course the Communists lost in Afghanistan in part because they pushed too fast to go against religious norms. And the Shah went down as well, U.S. botched that one.

No argument that those Republicans are cray cray as the kids say. But that doesn’t mean they’re wrong when calling radical Islam an existential threat to western civilization.

No the majority does want executions because they are very religious and that's what it states in the Koran.

Lol yes I'm sure the vast majority of people there yearn for western style liberal democracy. Just look at what Egypt did post Mubarak...oh wait never mind they elected the Muslim Brotherhood into power.

Lived in France for many years. I’m in U.S. at present.

You’re right Saudi Arabia is. But honor killings are a huge problem in Pakistan. Our supposed friends in Afghanistan fuck little boys. In Indonesia any journalist who questions Islam is murdered. In Iran they have public hangings of gay people.

So those mass attacks in cities across Europe on New Years was what then? Of course there was rape pre refugee crisis...but to let in people whose culture is a few centuries behind yours was a horrible mistake as Europe is now bearing witness to.