Olympics

I’m a bit depressed (but not entirely surprised) by the reaction of many commentators to Rio de Janeiro winning the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Was it really a rebuff, or a humiliating defeat for the US? Hardly. Somebody else was chosen instead, is all.

I think this points to what some who talk of American global leadership really mean. Leadership for them means first in the pecking order. If anyone else wins, America looses.

Not much Olympic spirit here.