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US Boycott of Olympics? Doubt it, China owns us.
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Politicians are taking advantage of the bad image of China, with two purposes: 1. to show how moral they are by condemning the bad guys and hopefully to win some votes; 2. throw the ball to the Chinese so they do not need to be responsible for the economic recession.


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http://www.todayonline.com/articles/248183.asp
Olympic boycott will hurt athletes, say organizers
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge takes part in a meeting of the IOC Executive Board in Beijing on April 11. IOC President Jacques Rogge said an opening ceremony boycott would perhaps hurt athletes, but nobody else.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaunresttibetrightsoly2008chnboycott_080413082333
Olympic boycott will hurt athletes, say organizers
by Charles Whelan Sun Apr 13, 4:23 AM ET
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080413/9/4vsv.html

Monday April 14, 08:14 AM
US don\'t want to be Olympic \'cop-outs\'
It would be a cop-out for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting against China\'s crackdown in Tibet, President George W Bush\'s national security adviser says.
The kind of quiet diplomacy that the US is practising is a better way to send a message to China\'s leaders rather than frontal confrontation, Stephen Hadley said in a television interview Sunday.


US SECURITY ADVISER: OLYMPIC BOYCOTT A \'COP OUT\'
http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=234217&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_olympics


Bush has given no indication he will skip the event. I don\'t view the Olympics as a political event, Bush said this past week. I view it as a sporting event. The White House has not yet said whether he will attend the opening ceremony on Aug. 8.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/pl_afp/chinaunresttibetrightsoly2008us_080413220009

Bush aide calls China Olympics boycott a \'cop-out\'

The president said Friday that his plans regarding the Olympics haven\'t changed, but left unclear whether he would attend or not.

http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-1980boycott0415.artapr15,0,5398146.story?track=rss

Scars Remain From 1980 Olympic Boycott

Boycott Still Haunts 1980 Olympians

Bill Rodgers, a four-time winner of the Boston and New York marathons, hopes they don\'t lead countries to boycott the Games.



http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/NEWS22/638360187

Ueberroth promises clean Olympic team


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Ueberroth promises clean Olympic team


Ueberroth says the move toward a more open society that many believed would spring forth when the International Olympic Committee awarded the Olympics to China is happening. That hasn\'t been highlighted of late, though, because of nonstop news about pollution, Tibet, Darfur, human rights protests and disruptions along the torch relay route.

Having gone there every year for last seven years, the country\'s changed, and it\'s opening up every single minute, Ueberroth said. Anyone who argues that is semi-blind. It is changing. Some could argue whether it\'s changing fast enough.

Ueberroth said he felt no need, during a visit to Beijing last week, to reiterate America\'s intention to participate in the Olympics despite growing calls for a boycott.