It is certainly true that the Olympics have served as a platform for the political expression of many nations much like what we have seen from Chinese during the current Beijing games. From Berlin, to Moscow, to Los Angeles, all of these competitions have given us a small window into the political climate of that era. Having said all this the Olympics is one of the very few times when all nations are able to put aside (theoretically anyways) their differences and embrace an innate sense of competitive drive already present within the whole of humanity.