2012 Olympics: Kabul. Baghdad. London. Three to avoid this summer Simon Jenkins, guardian.co.uk The missile batteries, fighter jets and VIP lanes are what happens when a world agency blackmails a city aching for prestigeThere seems to be no limit to the efforts of Lord Coe and his friends at the International Olympic Committee to bring th… […] The Olympics have become an Orwellian parody of what happens when a world agency blackmails a government aching for prestige into spending without limit.

2012 Olympics: Kabul. Baghdad. London. Three to avoid this summer
Simon Jenkins, guardian.co.uk

The missile batteries, fighter jets and VIP lanes are what happens when a world agency blackmails a city aching for prestige

There seems to be no limit to the efforts of Lord Coe and his friends at the International Olympic Committee to bring th…

[…]
The Olympics have become an Orwellian parody of what happens when a world agency blackmails a government aching for prestige into spending without limit.

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