The Arabs and the Olympics

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I think those countries are better off attempting to build economies that benefit all of their people rather than worrying about sports. It's a bit putting the cart before the horse to worry about olympic performance at the moment.

The Chinese, though, have not put aside political differences in hosting thw Beijing games. The Politburo there, as in all communist regimes, is mainly interested in propaganda value and the Chinese apparently got their money's worth here even as that country hasn't solved its vast environmental and internal economic problems and continues to put the screws to dissidents.

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