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THE Screen star Jacky Chan is worried about the controversy that Taiwan should not participate in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He also said that politics should not be mixed with sport. But it’s a shame that it’s a trillion, in fact it’s proven that politics is often mixed with sport.

In fact, Honduras had a real war against El Salvador following the 1970 World Cup pre-qualifier football match when the El Salvador team beat the Honduran team.

The United States (US) had started the boycott movement of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a protest against Nazi Germany’s political aggression to expand the Lebensraum that eventually sparked World War II .

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In 1976, no less than 28 African countries united to boycott the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, in protest against the policy of apartheid used by white leaders to oppress black people in South Africa.

The United States again pioneered the movement to boycott the 1980 Olympics in protest against Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. Instead of succeeding in reversing the Soviet Union’s aggression against Afghanistan, the boycott sparked revenge from the Soviet Union, which later boycotted the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, USA.

Olympic boycotts for political reasons also occurred at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Bung Karno not only boycotted but even created a rival Olympics in the form of GANEFO. At present, Indonesia is divided in terms of agree or disagree with Israel to participate in the U-20 World Cup which is taking place in Indonesia.

I personally agree with Pak Jusuf Kalla’s suggestion that Israel be allowed to participate in the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as an opportunity for Indonesia to establish a dialogue with Israel so that they are ready to stop the indignation of the oppression of the Palestinian people.

All these facts prove that, in essence, politics cannot simply be separated from sport and vice versa.

There is nothing wrong with us trying to reflect on the positive and constructive meaning contained in the words of Filbert Bayi: “To say that politics is not part of sport is unrealistic. When I run, I’m more than a runner. I am a diplomat, an ambassador of my country”.

This was reinforced by the words of Nelson Mandella, “Sport has the power to change the world!”.

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In essence, for positive and constructive purposes in the common interest of world peace, it is not wrong for politics to use sport and vice versa.

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