The question is coming up given the discussion about Georgia, even though I think the situations are entirely different. This paragraph from ESPN.com today is a howler:
"Assurances", sort of like how China has been denying any ill treatment of Uyghurs? This reminds me of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, when Germany insisted it wasn't doing anything wrong, and temporarily cleaned up everything to make Germany look like a nice place for Jews during the games.
The US should boycott. They won't, because everybody gave Carter grief for boycotting in Moscow, but he was right then as well.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...s-allies-world
Rights groups have met with the International Olympic Committee and have been told the Olympic body must stay politically "neutral." They have been told by the IOC that China has given "assurances'' about human rights conditions.
The US should boycott. They won't, because everybody gave Carter grief for boycotting in Moscow, but he was right then as well.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...s-allies-world
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