Wait - I've seen all these headlines today and wondered why we're talking about the Olympics... But it didn't occur to me that the US has the summer Olympics in 2 years, definitely not winter. I can't even imagine what stupidity is being used to justify sending ICE to any other country.
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Can't dismiss the vibes that it's like parents taking their favorite children to Disneyland for acing homework, an entertaining and educational trip to the land origin of fascism.
Such a shame that athletes who never planned for that can get booed for being from the US, but if nothing else, Olympics is one of the best places and times to find a better team and country.
In 1936 the US sent a black man to the nazi Olympics, who promptly won gold and made a fool of Hitler. In 2026, the US sends nazis to the Olympics to⦠what, make a fool of the US?
And in 2028, the US expects us all to show up at their own nazi Olympics?
Speaking as an American, I hope the rest of the world boycotts all events taking place here until we get our shit together
This is gonna suck for the athletes. Olympic games being every 4 years (winter doesn't really count if you're track and field and summer doesn't really count if you're a cross country skier) and it's the most prestigious event out there for most disciplines (not football I guess), so your sponsorship deals are very dependent on it. I don't think many athletes out there are in a position to say no when they get a shot at the olympics, even if it's their 3rd time or something.
You're right about this. We do still have two more years, who knows what will be happening then. The last year has felt like a lifetime.
The World Cup starts in June, though....
Italian people, do some pranking of your own and deport them.
They can just not grant them work visas and then when they're caught "working", lock them in a detention centre until they die of "natural causes".
To some country they've never been to.
Send them to Russia, Putin them to work.
These dickheads love to cosplay, I think they'll love it
Sending russia criminals proficient with guns is like donating a whole new unit of spetznaz
I think you overestimate ICEs proficiency with guns. They also are American so they would be sent to the front line as meat shields.
They are not proficient with guns. Anyone can fire wildly at point blank and hit someone if they have enough bullets.
The Italian police wont allow that because of pressure from the US and Meloni who likes Trump.
Yep. And Italy has a shit load of fascist sympathizers, especially in the north. If ice shows up, nothing would happen.
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So an agency whose self described purpose is to remove unwanted people from the country will go to a place they are not wanted?
That tracks.
The governor of Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, sought to calm the situation, suggesting that ICE agents would be deployed in Italy to protect US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Well now hold on a second. ICE is going to be protecting Vance and Rubio, and ICE is also utterly incompetent, so maybe let's see how this plays out
I hear there are a lot of Luigis there.
Well well, some very lucky ICE agents moving up in the world - first they were just Gestapo but now they're graduating to full SS.
SS is the Secret Service right, right?
Yes, but also no. I think @pulsewidth is being cheeky as both uses of the abbreviation apply.
Fuck, I hope they use their phones.
The US is entitled to bring their own security forces, as fucking dumb as it is.
Neither ICE, nor CBP are security forces. Neither would be there operating in their official role. This is not USSS, or FBI, or even military. These are two agencies whose job it is supposed to be to deal with customs and immigration issues within the confines of the US.
Italy really should tell them to get fucked.
I suppose they're afraid their athletes might run away, something North Korea is usually accused of.
The only place where ICE should be in Italy, is in piazzale Loreto, upside down.
ICE agents would be deployed in Italy to protect US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Is the US Secret Service not good enough any more?
They only trust their very own goons.
Maybe because ICE is more beholden to the party than the Secret Sevice is
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Does Italy have the same agreement with the US like Sweden does where, at least soldiers, are allowed to commit unlimited crimes in their country because the US "promise to totally" charge them back home? Then letting ICE in is asking for trouble.
Just arrest them on the spot, stuff them into vehicles and whisk them away to secret facilities without due process.
Simple. And Meal Team 6 would understand why it was necessary, and so would cooperate completely. /s
The US' untrained retard squad is being sent on an international mission. The only question is how and where will something go wrong. Dear Italians, can you please write to your governments that you want to avoid hosting ICE agents? Because it's the responsible thing to do. As a fellow European, I am highly concerned about them gunning down one of us next, in another act of gang brutality.
This stuff have to end, this just a sport event and anyy type of ICE is not ok.
Don't get in our country, ICE!
I don' fucking want them here, they can go fuck themselves, i hope that our government do something and if they don't, we should get mad
Bruh, I can't wait for them to shoot somebody and start an international incident. I trust that they'll be that incompetent.
Thats how USA got in WW2, but with submarine.
Eggs are not that expensive outside the US. I hope the Italians know too well what to do with them.
Luigis, you guys know what to do right? Pretend you're putting clothes on a wire to dry!Β
Theyβre not sending their best.
Now known as the "special, special olympics."
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MAGA you incompetent fuckwits.
suggesting that ICE agents would be deployed in Italy to protect US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
That's a big fucking problem, right there. Is the Secret Service not enough? Gotta have the low-EQ/IQ goon squad there too?
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Maybe they should make a new Olympic game that is the rest of the world vs americas ice. The fans could join too.
Team America, World Gestapo.
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