Iraq will compete in Beijing Olympics after all!

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IOC: Iraq will not compete in Beijing Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee says Iraq will not compete at Beijing because of Iraqi government interference.

The IOC suspended Iraq's national Olympic committee in June after Baghdad dismissed elected officials and installed its own people who are not recognized by the IOC.

The IOC Charter forbids political interference in the Olympic movement.

Iraq missed a Wednesday deadline to submit a team for the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Games because of a stalemate between the two sides. Four Iraqi athletes were expected to compete in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting.

The IOC says the Iraqi government did not accept an invitation to come to its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to try to end the dispute.
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That's too bad. All the years of training and hard work for those athletes and they don't get to compete.
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The United States shouldn't compete either.

Screw the Chinese

Why so the Chinese can make money and be given center stage for three weeks,

We boycotted Russia in 1980 for the Olympics and their nation collapsed in ten years

People won't be happy until the Chinese bastards are ruling the world.

Neither Bush, Nor Obama, Nor McCain understand this.

And people keep buying chinese made crap at Wally Mart and wonder why our economy is in the toilet

The Chinese are on center stage for 3 weeks regardless of whether we compete in the Olympics or not. The Russians boycotted us in 1984 and our nation didn't collapse.
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But Who cares about the Russians?

They were a bunch of steroid cheats before the Iron Curtain fell

I blame the I.O.C for awarding them Chinese Bastards the Games anyway!

Then Again I think a Frenchman is the leader of the committee

What do the French know about Foreign Affairs?

That's why the Germans kicked their asses; And we had to rescue them morons

And the I.O.C is wrong for eliminating baseball and womens softball after this year.

But I guess Ping Pong and Badminton are so much more popular throughout the word

(cough)
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Ohhhh ok
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Still though, the part about Iraq not being able to compete is Lane

Now I think I have used just about all the smileys.

Forgot this one though. Bump

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I worry about our athletes having to endure the "off the charts" pollution in the air and water there. We may end up with a lot of sick Olympians! They NEVER should have let them host the games!!!

That's another reason;

The Air Pollution

Go Point GogetemTigers

Perhaps?

Can't go change something that happened more than 60 years ago

My Point is that an ounce of prevention is worth apound of cure

China may start the next World War;

The I.O.C awarding them the games and the Western Bloc refusing to boycott them does not help

Didn't Einstein help develop the Nuclear Bomb?

Awarding them the games is the problem. I just can't get behind punishing hundreds or thousands of athletes for political reasons.

What's amazing is how readily Beijing won the games. In the first round of voting the votes were as follows (it takes 52 votes to win - if nobody gets 52 the city with the fewest votes is eliminated prior to the next round of voting):

Beijing - 44
Toronto - 20
Istanbul - 17
Paris - 15
~~Tokyo - 6~~

Nobody got 52 so Tokyo was eliminated and they voted again:

Beijing - 56
Toronto - 22
Paris - 18
Istanbul - 9

Something fishy was going on though, why did Istanbul receive 8 fewer votes in the second round of voting when it was the same voters.
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The voting system is crooked

Same way baseball and softball won't be played in the 2012 Games

Anyway

Goodnight Catbox

Night, gs!

One last thought on the atomic bomb...

While I am strongly opposed to its use during World War II, I can understand the argument in favor of it. What pisses me off is when people arrogantly go on and on about how great it was and how we kicked their ass with it. These people are incredibly proud that the US was able to kill so many people so easily like it was something to be proud of.

While its absolutely necessary to fight back if a country is at war with you, killing tons of people is never something to be proud of. If I served in a war (which I would never do - I'd rather go to jail) I can't imagine I'd be proud if I killed someone on the other side.

The fact is that while the people you're fighting are you're enemy, they would likely hold no animosity against you if you weren't at war. The only people that truly hate the opposition are the leaders of the warring nations who just sit around nowhere near combat and let their countrymen die in large numbers.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Olympic ban lifted for Iraq's athletes
Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee says Iraq can take part in Beijing Games, lifting its previous ban.

IOC officials say they have reversed an earlier decision because the government has pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympic committee.

The decision follows last-minute talks Tuesday between Iraqi officials and the IOC in Lausanne.

Iraq is expected to send two athletes to Beijing. Five others lost their chance to go when the final date to select competitors for archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting passed last week.

Well that's good news!
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Sounds like a lot of trouble to send two athletes to the games BLAH!

Probably finish last

Let alone not come close to medal

Some of the best stories in the Olympics aren't the winners but rather the people who don't win.
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I still say the West should have boycotted this

Let the Russians, Asians and Arabs compete

China has no business hosting the games