BOYCOTTING THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS CAN DO THE TRICK FOR THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND TO FREE PALESTINE!
…AMERICA BOYCOTTED THE 1980 MOSCOW OLYMPICS AND THEY DEMOLISHED THE SOVIET UNION AND BROKE DOWN THE BERLIN WALL AND UNITED THE TWO GERMANYS.
By Mansor Puteh
SO WHY CAN’T MUSLIM COUNTRIES BOYCOTT THE OLYMPIC GAMES?
IN FACT, MUSLIM COUNTRIES SHOULD ALSO BOYCOTT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES UNTIL THEY ARE TREATED FAIRLY BY THE ‘INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’ AND ALSO BY THE UNITED NATIONS (UN).
IN FACT, THE UN HAS SO LONG BEEN UN-FAIR AND UN-JUST TO THE MUSLIMS, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING DOMINATED BY THE FIVE SUPERPOWERS WHO CALL THE SHOTS.
How could the World Muslim Community not have a representation as a permanent member of the Security Council considering their huge number when smaller countries are in it?
Do the six permanent members fear the Muslims from having the veto power like they do? It is this veto power that is the cause of all the problems that we see today.
The irony is that the members are those that have nuclear arms. Yet, when a Muslim country aspires to join the nuclear club, they stop them from doing so.
They say they want to introduce democracy in the Muslim countries like what they have in their own countries; but they are not willing to introduce nuclear programs too.
Muslim countries have not used all the means available to them to achieve success. They still place their trust in the UN, which they all know has not been fair to them. They keep on going back to the UN and their Security Council to try and get them to do the bidding for them.
So they keep on writing the same memoranda and submit them to the UN and hope for a miracle to happen.
But alas after so long, nothing is achieved. Yet, they persisted and hope that one day soon, the UN can do something. They are stupid indeed.
Therefore Muslim countries should try other means. Some of the more radical ones thought they could at least try to do something on their own. So they created militant groups and created a bit of mischief here and there all to no effect.
In fact they gave more problems to the Muslims than they could ever imagine; that they fall right into the trap set by their adversaries, many of whom are happy to ‘help’ them create more cells in other countries which had hitherto not been known to have them before. Now they do.
Trying to solve the problems faced by Muslims in the world which were all created by them should also be done on the non-political and military levels. They have proven to be useless efforts.
What did America have to lose for boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics? A bit – for not allowing their top athletes to win medals in it.
On the other hand they managed to do wonders on the other fronts – when they managed to demolish the Soviet Union and broke down the Berlin wall and united the two Germanys.
These were more important to them than to have their top athletes win medals in the Olympics, although this may not be entirely true, as problems that were created post-soviet union and with the fall of their forces in Afghanistan, other more interesting ones were created and continue to happen till today.
It was the then President Ronald Reagan who proudly called for the tearing down of the Berlin Wall when he made a visit to the then West Berlin in the then West Germany.
And what do the Muslim countries have to lose for boycotting the 2012 London Olympics – not much really since their athletes are not likely going to win many medals in it.
Athletes from the OIC countries are not going to win many medals in the Olympics anyway; so why worry?
There should not be pride in participation this premier sports meet when it can be put better use.
Was it a good option and action taken by the Americans then? It was.
And why can’t it also be a good option for all the OIC countries to do what America had done by boycotting the London Olympics?
That one simple act can do wonders; it can teach the west a good lesson and can even cause the freedom of Palestinian land so all Muslims can then start to walk with their heads up high.
Better still if all the Muslim athletes in the other non-Muslim countries, including those in America, do the same and this can cause greater wonders.
Muslims have not actually considered this action to push for their cause. America had done it once. And they will do it again if they are given the chance if the Olympic Games are held in a country they find to be repulsive. They don’t care for international sentiments.
So why do we have to care for the sentiments of the countries which are clearly working against the interests of the Muslim ones?
The London Olympics is barely two years from now. And if this stand can be made known to the international community, chances are the organizers and their supporters will feel the heat long before it opens in the summer of 2012.
This unusual opportunity must be put to good use by Muslim countries and the OIC. This is the best chance to be heard and be counted.
The boycott of the Moscow Olympics had caused the Soviet Union and communism dearly. They became almost bankrupt.
The same thing can happen to America and the west if there is a similar boycott of the London Olympics, so perennial issues concerning the Middle East can be solved once and for all.
Will the United Kingdom go bankrupt if their Olympics in 2012 is boycotted by all the Muslim countries? Maybe they could especially if more than half of the athletes from almost a third of the countries they represent do not turn up for the games.
This could definitely cause a lot of confusion and sadness.
But America did not care for the emotions of the Soviets when they decided to boycott the Moscow Olympics. They thought it was their duty to teach them and this they did, at huge costs to the Soviets then.
The Soviet Union collapsed as a result, because the amount of money they had invested in the games were immense.
Maybe it was just a ploy by the International Olympic Organization (ICO) to give the rights to the Soviets to be host of the Olympics in 1980, so that they could collapse.
It may not be what the ICO’s intention to award London host of the 2012 Olympics, instead of to another city, but the fact that it happened can still be taken advantage of if the Muslim leaders know what they can do with it collectively, since it does not mean much if only one of the OIC countries decides to do it on their own.
It is not America whose athletes normally create sensation at the Olympics and if they are missing from the games, the Olympics lose its glamour.
Something magical can only happen if all the OIC countries boycott the London Olympics en masse.
They have got nothing to lose anyway since most of the countries do not have excellent athletes who can even go into the quarter finals in any major event.
By Mansor Puteh
SO WHY CAN’T MUSLIM COUNTRIES BOYCOTT THE OLYMPIC GAMES?
IN FACT, MUSLIM COUNTRIES SHOULD ALSO BOYCOTT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES UNTIL THEY ARE TREATED FAIRLY BY THE ‘INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’ AND ALSO BY THE UNITED NATIONS (UN).
IN FACT, THE UN HAS SO LONG BEEN UN-FAIR AND UN-JUST TO THE MUSLIMS, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING DOMINATED BY THE FIVE SUPERPOWERS WHO CALL THE SHOTS.
How could the World Muslim Community not have a representation as a permanent member of the Security Council considering their huge number when smaller countries are in it?
Do the six permanent members fear the Muslims from having the veto power like they do? It is this veto power that is the cause of all the problems that we see today.
The irony is that the members are those that have nuclear arms. Yet, when a Muslim country aspires to join the nuclear club, they stop them from doing so.
They say they want to introduce democracy in the Muslim countries like what they have in their own countries; but they are not willing to introduce nuclear programs too.
Muslim countries have not used all the means available to them to achieve success. They still place their trust in the UN, which they all know has not been fair to them. They keep on going back to the UN and their Security Council to try and get them to do the bidding for them.
So they keep on writing the same memoranda and submit them to the UN and hope for a miracle to happen.
But alas after so long, nothing is achieved. Yet, they persisted and hope that one day soon, the UN can do something. They are stupid indeed.
Therefore Muslim countries should try other means. Some of the more radical ones thought they could at least try to do something on their own. So they created militant groups and created a bit of mischief here and there all to no effect.
In fact they gave more problems to the Muslims than they could ever imagine; that they fall right into the trap set by their adversaries, many of whom are happy to ‘help’ them create more cells in other countries which had hitherto not been known to have them before. Now they do.
Trying to solve the problems faced by Muslims in the world which were all created by them should also be done on the non-political and military levels. They have proven to be useless efforts.
What did America have to lose for boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics? A bit – for not allowing their top athletes to win medals in it.
On the other hand they managed to do wonders on the other fronts – when they managed to demolish the Soviet Union and broke down the Berlin wall and united the two Germanys.
These were more important to them than to have their top athletes win medals in the Olympics, although this may not be entirely true, as problems that were created post-soviet union and with the fall of their forces in Afghanistan, other more interesting ones were created and continue to happen till today.
It was the then President Ronald Reagan who proudly called for the tearing down of the Berlin Wall when he made a visit to the then West Berlin in the then West Germany.
And what do the Muslim countries have to lose for boycotting the 2012 London Olympics – not much really since their athletes are not likely going to win many medals in it.
Athletes from the OIC countries are not going to win many medals in the Olympics anyway; so why worry?
There should not be pride in participation this premier sports meet when it can be put better use.
Was it a good option and action taken by the Americans then? It was.
And why can’t it also be a good option for all the OIC countries to do what America had done by boycotting the London Olympics?
That one simple act can do wonders; it can teach the west a good lesson and can even cause the freedom of Palestinian land so all Muslims can then start to walk with their heads up high.
Better still if all the Muslim athletes in the other non-Muslim countries, including those in America, do the same and this can cause greater wonders.
Muslims have not actually considered this action to push for their cause. America had done it once. And they will do it again if they are given the chance if the Olympic Games are held in a country they find to be repulsive. They don’t care for international sentiments.
So why do we have to care for the sentiments of the countries which are clearly working against the interests of the Muslim ones?
The London Olympics is barely two years from now. And if this stand can be made known to the international community, chances are the organizers and their supporters will feel the heat long before it opens in the summer of 2012.
This unusual opportunity must be put to good use by Muslim countries and the OIC. This is the best chance to be heard and be counted.
The boycott of the Moscow Olympics had caused the Soviet Union and communism dearly. They became almost bankrupt.
The same thing can happen to America and the west if there is a similar boycott of the London Olympics, so perennial issues concerning the Middle East can be solved once and for all.
Will the United Kingdom go bankrupt if their Olympics in 2012 is boycotted by all the Muslim countries? Maybe they could especially if more than half of the athletes from almost a third of the countries they represent do not turn up for the games.
This could definitely cause a lot of confusion and sadness.
But America did not care for the emotions of the Soviets when they decided to boycott the Moscow Olympics. They thought it was their duty to teach them and this they did, at huge costs to the Soviets then.
The Soviet Union collapsed as a result, because the amount of money they had invested in the games were immense.
Maybe it was just a ploy by the International Olympic Organization (ICO) to give the rights to the Soviets to be host of the Olympics in 1980, so that they could collapse.
It may not be what the ICO’s intention to award London host of the 2012 Olympics, instead of to another city, but the fact that it happened can still be taken advantage of if the Muslim leaders know what they can do with it collectively, since it does not mean much if only one of the OIC countries decides to do it on their own.
It is not America whose athletes normally create sensation at the Olympics and if they are missing from the games, the Olympics lose its glamour.
Something magical can only happen if all the OIC countries boycott the London Olympics en masse.
They have got nothing to lose anyway since most of the countries do not have excellent athletes who can even go into the quarter finals in any major event.
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Look at Egypt which now opens its land route to Gaza for the aid to go through. Why? Because there are calls for all Muslims to boycott Egypt in not performing the Haj this year until it open its gates to Palestine!