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Invictus games - if an international games is organised for teams of wounded veterans from different countries

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CarolineFields · 11/05/2024 19:12

Then surely soldiers will be coming up against the enemy that maimed them? How does that work?

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TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 11/05/2024 19:26

Participation is not compulsory. In any case I don't belive Isis or the Taliban usually field teams.

CarolineFields · 11/05/2024 19:35

what about if Afghanistan and Pakistan both want to field teams? Or Sudan and South Sudan? Or syria and Turkey? Or Serbia and Croatia? Is the first country form a conflict to apply the only one accepted?

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VestibuleVirgin · 11/05/2024 21:11

Same for eurovision
It's not the soldiers who start the wars, they merely participate
Do you know about Christmas Truces in the 2 world wars?

Guiltyaboutwork · 11/05/2024 21:19

Maybe for some it would be too difficult but it isn’t compulsory. Others may just see another veteran including the ones from countries where they were fighting as professionals/conscripts controlled by governments and senior military.

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