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Mark Bennett Tribune-Star columnist in TERRE HAUTE Indiana wrote a recent article...
MARK BENNETT: 30 years ago, the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympic Summer Games denied ISU gymnast Kurt Thomas a chance at history Opinion News From Terre Haute, Indiana
...and in it he describes the boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games by Jimmy Carter over Russia invading Afghanistan. Something I find to be ironic when America found reason to do this very thing on October 7, 2001 and invaded Afghanistan as well.
After all has been said and done should we lobby to prevent using political ideologies to boycott Olympic Games? Should we take a stand and protest this? Or should we continue to allow our government to decide whether American athletes have "permission" to compete in the ultimate arena?
MARK BENNETT: 30 years ago, the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympic Summer Games denied ISU gymnast Kurt Thomas a chance at history Opinion News From Terre Haute, Indiana
...and in it he describes the boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games by Jimmy Carter over Russia invading Afghanistan. Something I find to be ironic when America found reason to do this very thing on October 7, 2001 and invaded Afghanistan as well.
After all has been said and done should we lobby to prevent using political ideologies to boycott Olympic Games? Should we take a stand and protest this? Or should we continue to allow our government to decide whether American athletes have "permission" to compete in the ultimate arena?