Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120727:19:58:00
Also deafening is the ioc silence around the munich massacre. in 197211 israeli athletes at the munich games were kidnapped and killed by palestinian force. this year israel asks for a moment of silence during the opening ceremony in order to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the murders. the ioc refused. appalling. they want the games to be apolitical. but this is impossible as the participation of the arab athletes shows. the olympics are unavoidably political. no one wants avert political theater or international tragedy to be part of the games. but forgetting about our tragic past is not...