the world cup. out of the league. five days after russia invaded ukraine. some extraordinary developments at the intersection of sports and politics. with futbol world and european governing body combines to release a joint statement saying that quote, all russian teams whether national or representative teams or club teams shall be suspended from participation in both competitions until further notice. the statement concluded quote football is fully united here. and in full solidarity with all the people of affected in ukraine. both hope the situation in ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly. so football can be a vector for unity and peace among people. an extraordinary change in fortunes for a country that has become one of the influential in world sport. four years ago they hosted the world cup and olympics in 2014.
boris johnson in a op-ed in the new york times saying no to a no-fly zone, the head of nato saying no to a no-fly zone, make the case to the american people why that is essential for ukraine. look, ukraine is a peaceful country. we never attacked anyone. we never were a threat to russia, unless being a peaceful, democratic country is a threat. we always live in peace with everyone. russia attacked us in 2014. russia attacked us now. and for 11 days now, courageous ukrainians are fighting, defending our homes, and it s brutal. it s a full-fledged war. the scenes that you see on your tv screens from ukraine and everything that happens on the ground in many major cities everywhere, in villages, it s something from world war ii imagery, something that nazi did to ukraine in 1943 and 1945, and
that he would impose. he was, of course, in the united states senate when russia invaded georgia. george w. bush wasn t able to prevent that from happening. he was vice president in 2014. russia seized crimea. then-vice president biden put out a statement saying, russia is now naked in front of the entire world. the entire world is against this. well, guess what? the naked guy still has crimea. and so, you know, president obama and his allies tossed russia out of the g8. that didn t do anything. and so i think when you talk about, as jake sullivan did at the white house today, we are prepared to do things that we were not prepared to do in 2014, that reflects the impact of now-president biden having lived through that experience and seeing how feckless the efforts to deter russia turned out to be. max boot, biden s also dealing with another rival, xi jinping in china. do you think biden s handling of
you know and you ve said we ve been here before with the president who was the vice president under barack obama, president barack obama when russia and ex crimea in 2014 as max referenced. how is that weighing on his thinking? well, i think he s seen the inability of previous presidents to deter vladimir putin, which weighs into his thinking about how high to take the most easure would impose. he was in the united states senate when russia invaded georgia. george w. bush wasn t able to prevent that from happening. he was vice president in 2014. russia seized crimea and then vice president biden put out a statement saying russia is naked in front of the entire world. the entire world is against this. guess what? the naked guy still has crimea. so president obama and his allies tossed russia out of the
since world war ii but russia did that to ukraine in 2014. russia under putin had been pushing it to be considered a part of the g8. him invading ukraine and taking part of it and calling that part of ukraine russia that was too much. that was too much for the g8. russia got booted indefinitely out of the g8 in 2014 and that is how the g8 shrunk and become the g7. so the g7 still exists minus russia now. but then there is also the g20. and the g20 is not seven countries. it s 20 countries. and, therefore, by definition, it s less exclusive. and it turns out if you want to be a part of the g20, it s fine if you invade a neighboring country and take part of their land as your own. even when they kicked russia out of the g7, they let them stay in the g20. and lots of people have stayed in the g20 through lots of scandals.