In 1980 Jimmy Carter banned American athletes from participating in the Moscow Olympics. I think that in hindsight this is not considered a wise decision.
But every time when I read how China has a pivotal role in the atrocities in Darfur, I have to wonder about how the whole world will go there next year to give China its shining moment in the sun.
Can't we - the whole world - use the Olympics leverage to get China to press the Khartoum government to somehow help Darfur?
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