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The IOC specifically asked the Chicago bid team about this last night during the Q & A following their presentation. The Chicago team was asked if its country
by brandnewlow 17y ago
The IOC specifically asked the Chicago bid team about this last night during the Q & A following their presentation. The Chicago team was asked if its country would improve its accessibility to the international community.
The heads of the Chicago bid deferred to Obama, who they were fortunate to have in the room. The president's response, IIRC was "I know there's been a problem with this with previous administrations. I will make sure it's not an issue this time around. We see the games as an opportunity to return to being a friend to the world."
So it very much was on the minds of the IOC. Good catch.
- santamaria 17y ago> "We see the games as an opportunity to return to being a friend to the world." There's been a bully in the schoolyard all year, bigger than all the other boys; he's stolen your lunch money any number of times, given you a few black eyes and blood lips. In the last couple of weeks, a few other big guys transferred to the same school. The bullying suddenly stopped and now he wants to be friends.
- joeyo 17y agoAnd who are the other big guys in your analogy?
- gloob 17y agoAny rational analysis will demonstrate that the IOC outguns the United States military by at least an order of magnitude. I assume that's what the post was referring to.
- gloob 17y agoThe above was intended to be deadpan; my apologies if it was unclear that such was the case. My further apologies if it was clear, but it was just that unfunny.