jvpewster t1_itaocp9 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 4:36 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Simona Halep suspended for positive doping test taken at US Open. by PrincessBananas85

Romania was communist, but was always uniquely integrated with the western bloc. It was an independent member of UN in the 50s and aligned more closely with China following the sino Soviet split.

For most of Simona’s life Romania has been a part of NATO and about half of it they’ve been full on members of the EU

This comment being upvoted as dumber then connecting Lance Armstrong and Mark McQuire in a narrative to say Americans are predisposed to cheating.

Athletes seek competitive advantages sometimes. She got caught, and unless there’s evidence of a state conspiracy I don’t see how it’s related to the systematic doping in Russia.

[deleted] t1_itasfx5 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:23 AM

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vladthetransilvanian t1_itav8hn wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:58 AM

Romania wasn't soviet

nohcho84 t1_itba06q wrote on October 22, 2022 at 9:24 AM

It absolutely was in the Warsaw pact hence heavily controlled by ussr

[deleted] t1_itawvjo wrote on October 22, 2022 at 6:19 AM

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vladthetransilvanian t1_itb0tvn wrote on October 22, 2022 at 7:12 AM

Point is, we were never a soviet state and Dej even start a "de-Stalinization" process the second mustache man kicked the bucket. Not to mention Ceaușescu taking measures against a potential Soviet invasion after the Czechoslovakia invasion(the Transfăgărășan highway)

jvpewster t1_itbsge4 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:06 PM

Lol a single lab with vague connections to an even more vague “external entity” is not icarus. Belco labs in Florida had political connections but no one called for George H’s culpability because that’d be moronic.

You can reach all you want to try and make that comment look better but on so many levels it was dumb.