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White House announces US diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
- 1cvmask 5y agoI still don't understand what this means?? You either do a real boycott like the 1980 Moscow Olympics or by the Russians of the 1984 LA Olympics or you trivialize what a boycott means. Diplomats play no role in the games. They might as well have said the military is also boycotting the games.
- johnny35 5y agoThis is a significant escalation, likely to embarrass China in an arena they care about… but I can’t help wonder if it’s just as likely to embarrass the US by showing the diminished state of our soft power if it doesn’t remain a leading story throughout the games.
- simonblack 5y agoSmoke and Mirrors by the White House. The White House were never officially invited in the first place.
- simonblack 5y ago"You know that birthday party I wasn't invited to? Well, I'm not going."