Olympic Truce-Rio 2016

It's wonderful to see all of these happy accomplished athletes from all over the world. I am remarking how close Israel, Iraq and Iran are to one another because of the alphabet, North Korea's there, Afghanistan and Pakistan are there, Palestine, Yemen, Russia, Syria, Chinese Taipei, and more are all there in solidarity, taking selfie's with each other, wishing and hoping for the best. Saudi Arabia even has women competing this year and there is a team called "refugee olympics" competing. I love the idea of this "one big global group hug" every four years. During the ancient Olympics, all warfare stopped before, during, and right after the games. During this "Olympic Truce, the (western) world was at peace while athletes, the best and the brightest, were in competition. Too bad we have to wait every four years for such solidarity, inspiration, and optimism.