Olympic Games Reflect Countries Liberated by U.S.

(Wall Street Journal) Daniel Henninger - When the Iraqi athletes walked into the stadium at the Olympics opening ceremony, boy, did they look happy. Olympians from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Afghanistan, Grenada, Kuwait, South Korea, the former captive nations of Romania, Bulgaria, the Czechs, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, and the other former Soviet republics all have one thing in common: they come from nations the U.S. has liberated since the end of World War II.


2004-08-20 00:00:00

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