Differences between USA and TM?

[Scooter]

You are putting words in my mouth. I never said that TM didn't care at all, I'm saying that there is probably less incentive to win if the proper resources aren't there. If the government shows a lack of regard, then what's the reward for winning? National pride can only take someone's efforts so far.


But fine, whatever. You wanna talk about endurance, you talk about endurance. I wasn't talking about endurance, and that's why my post seems off-topic. From reading what other people had written, I had assumed that it was more open-ended than that, but you have now made it clear to me that it is not. There you go, you win. I apparently misread the thread and I apologize.

Edit: "So why Iran? Iran may not have nearly the facilities that the USA boasts, but surely some of the fault has to fall upon the will of the players who are clearly out of shape/lazy (two traits that are connected)."

That was what YOU said in post 12. So how is being lazy and out of shape different from not caring? There is an obvious overlap between the two problems.