The Olympics became a political stunt very early in their history -- recall Hitler's use of them -- and so re-politicizing them only makes explicit what has been part of their legacy all along. When they weren't taking bribes, IOC members throughout the 20th century were busy using the Games to further racism and colonialism. One of my favorite sports columnists, Dave Zirin, has shown that IOC directors like Avery Brundage hijacked the Games in the mid-20th century to further global fascism. The Olympics are really tainted with politics, though probably less than they used to be, because fewer people care these days. So my proposal is that we just not have the Games for a decade or so, then start afresh after all of this has been sorted out. The world didn't have Olympics for 2,000 years, and frankly we could do without them for a while.