Chicago may have lost the Olympics, but we’re not crying

When I skimmed the London Times several days ago about the U.S.’s defeat in the bid to the 2016 Olympics, the impression I got was that the U.S. seemed to be suffering from shame and humiliation about the loss. However, when I searched the New York Times, I found that although people in the U.S. were disappointed with the results, they were not as embarrassed as the British newspaper had described. Upon closer inspection, the British reporter seemed to be positively ecstatic that the U.S. had lost. 

“The move was seen as a very public humiliation for America, which is not well loved within the Olympic movement both for its foreign policy and its handling of internal IOC politics, and a huge snub to President Obama.”

 Simply said, he was rubbing the loss in our faces.

 There is nothing wrong with the Britons, but this particular reporter went completely overboard with his adjectives. A “huge snub” to President Obama? I think not.

So it seems that the U.S. is still quite disliked around the world. Some members of the International Olympic Committee had conspired with each other to force Chicago out of the race early in the process to protect Tokyo’s bid. Tokyo, for one, was voted out in the second round.

Starting with the Bush presidency, the anti-American feelings have grown; other countries hope that the U.S. trips up one way or another, sometimes, going as far as to stretch the truth. The British reporter clearly wanted the public to believe that the U.S. was suffering.

Maybe we suffered a blow, but that doesn’t mean we’ll mope about it. Chicago, for one, is taking the defeat in stride. After all, the city’s used to it: the Chicago Cubs have not won the World Series for a century. We’ll bounce back and continue with our lives, and bid again in the future. We’ll think of the joy that Rio de Janeiro has gained and wish them good luck with the Olympics.

So take that, anti-Americans out there.