Thoughts on 2022 World Cup snub

Maybe it was a good thing that the 2022 World Cup didn't go to the U.S. Given that an already poisonous political climate could become nuclear, maybe it made sense to not give a major international event to a country that could be forced to withdraw from due to an ideological civil war. This really applies to the 2018-22 Olympic Games if America wins bidding for any of those events. It's been said that sports can bring a country together, but the reverse could also be true--arguing about political issues also have the potential to further tear a nation apart. A possible hint of the latter scenario took place last year as conservatives openly cheered Chicago's elimination on the first ballot of the 2016 Summer Olympics bidding.