[QUOTE=climber07;241423]Because that never happens 
Nazi Germany
USSR
USA
China
Just because some countries have and are playing politics doesn't mean that national pride has to be bad...
In any case, whatever you argue is irrelevant because it's not something you can make go away. Many people like to belong to a group... They paint themselves in the colors of their teams whether it's school, region, cities, countries.
Many athletes enjoy the feeling of being part of a team as opposed to being an individual competing for a title. The Davis Cup and the Ryder Cup are example of this.
Anyway, frankly speaking, I don't see a lot of negatives these days with countries trumpeting the superiority of their poitical systems because they did well at the Olympics.