Mar 30 2008
Angela Merkel To Boycott Beijing Also
Momentum. It’s all about momentum. A few cracks in the dam and the next thing you know, it starts to break.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, yesterday became the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing.
As pressure built for concerted western protests to China over the crackdown in Tibet, EU leaders prepared to discuss the crisis for the first time today, amid a rift over whether to boycott the Olympics.
The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games’ opening ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown’s determination to attend the Olympics.
Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, became the first EU head of government to announce a boycott on Thursday and he was promptly joined by President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic, who had previously promised to travel to Beijing.
“The presence of politicians at the inauguration of the Olympics seems inappropriate,” Tusk said. “I do not intend to take part.”
Nice to see other countries with balls. Our voice seems to coming from dopes like Nancy Pelosi (see two posts earlier).
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
We should be leading the freakin’ charge. What happened to America having balls! We’ve got a perfect opportunity to show moral character here people!
April 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
the boycott of olympic ceremony of european’s leaders and other leaders all over the world is a sane and good action in the way to react to the rude oppression of the Chineses against the Tibetans who fight for freedom and human rights