L. Coyote
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Fri Apr-18-08 10:49 AM
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Did the USA boycott the Olympics to support Osama Bin Laden, et.al.? |
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I'm listening to NPR, discussing the boycott of the Games in Moscow due to the USSR occupation in Afghanistan.
What a strange twist of history, that the USA now occupies Afghanistan and is hunting Osama Bin Laden instead of sending him support!
So, I wonder, did the USA boycott the Olympic Games while supporting Osama bin Laden?
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meegbear
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Fri Apr-18-08 10:51 AM
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1. I thought we boycotted theirs in '84 cuz they boycotted ours in '80 ... |
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Fri Apr-18-08 12:53 PM
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6. no ... we boycotted the 80 Olympics ... |
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and gave fodder for Repukes to do yet another "ineffectual Carter years" ... of course, in 1984, the Olympics were in the U.S. ... and whore Reagan was probably even worse than Hitler in promoting the "patriotism" ... because the Soviets boycotted "our" Olympics, we got stuck with Mary Lou Retton ... :puke:
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Fri Apr-18-08 01:03 PM
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7. You are correct ... my bad |
izquierdista
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Fri Apr-18-08 11:25 AM
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2. Read your history, children |
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As I remember, Jimmy was indignant that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, so the boycott next year was him carrying out a threat based on principles.
The US didn't start arming Afghan guerrillas and Osama until AFTER Reagan got into office.
The Soviets did, in turn, boycott the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles.
The US did basically what the Soviets did; set up a puppet government that invited them to send troops to prop said government up.
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L. Coyote
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Fri Apr-18-08 11:28 AM
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3. Thanks. The chronology does not match. |
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Fri Apr-18-08 11:34 AM
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4. That includes you too. |
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The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives by Zbigniew Brzezinski http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Chessboard-American-Geostrategic-Imperatives/dp/0465027261
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Fri Apr-18-08 12:09 PM
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Brzezinski jest pierdolny kretin.
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