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...Olympic torch, and all that it symbolizes, should not be exploited to make a political statement or to strengthen our foreign policy. Yet President Carter demands that we boycott the summer Games in Moscow not only for the symbolic significance of such a stand, but also to hurt the Soviet economy and wound their pride. By not participating in the Games, he hopes to make an international statement of our condemnation of their occupation of Afghanistan (and also of the way that they treat dissidents), yet it is doubtful this statement will have any effect on the USSR. When Vladimir...
...argument in favor of a boycott has gone beyond the hopes of wounding the Kremlin, and the most optimistic Americans hope to reach the general public of the Soviet Union--illustrating the Western disapproval of Soviet aggression through absence at the summer Games. Even if we were successful in rallying the support of all other Western countries, we could not successfully "reach" the Soviets. If they were successfully deceived as to why tens of thousands of troops moved into Afghanistan, they can certainly be deceived as to why tens of thousands of troops moved into Afghanistan, they can certainly...
...addition to not having its intended effect, a United States boycott may mean a regression to cold war relations between East and West. Since 1969, steadily improving relations have given rise to new trade, loans and tourism between East and West, as well as a trend toward westernization. Several members of the Soviet bloc have relaxed political restraints on individual liberties, showing greater toleration of expression and worship than exists in the Soviet Union. These nations, especially Poland, conceive of themselves as bridges between East and West and do not want to break ties with the United States. Unfortunately...
Canada supports American plans to boycott the Olympics and contain Soviet expansionism, the long-time Conservative premier of Canada's largest province said, adding that "Canadians and Americans stand together in their rejection of international lawlessness and the trampling of individual and collective freedom...
Stanford Blum, who holds merchandising rights on both the Moscow Olympics and Bo Derek posters, on the $100 million sales loss he faces from a boycott of the Games: "I'll survive...