Bob Costas Beautifully Articulates Staging Olympics Against Backdrop Of Russian Brutality

The dichotomy between the beauty of the Olympic games where countries compete and, yet, cooperate with each other as part of a beautiful world spectacle, and the brutality that represents what Russia truly is, was put in perspective by Bob Costas. Costas is much more than a sportscaster. He has always had the ability to paint poignant pictures with his turns of phrase.  In this case, he said what needed to be said.

Costas…talked about the success of the XXII Winter Olympics. Security has held up, venues have been praised and the warmth of the host country has shone through, he said, before tearing into the Russian regime: ”While Russian citizens have better lives than Soviet citizens of a generation ago, theirs is still a government which imprisons dissidents, is hostile to gay rights, sponsors and supports a vicious regime in Syria, and that’s just a partial list.”

The Sochi games are Vladimir Putin‘s games, from their inception to their conclusion, and all points in between. If they are successful on their own terms, as appears to be the case, then at least in some corners it will help to burnish the image of a regime with which much of the world takes significant issue. No amount of Olympic glory can mask those realities any more than a biathlon gold medal, though hard-earned and deeply satisfying as it is, can put out the fires in Kiev.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.