Comments on: Is ‘Lost Boy’ Lomong the right choice to carry U.S. flag?

By: jja_American

jja_American — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:56:27 +0000

Of course Lopez Lomong should have been chosen he is an American, plain and simple. an added note regarding this blob, Justin and Vincent are idiots.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:33:23 +0000

How about picking an Iraqi to carry the flag?

That would expose the murder of 1 million people and the creation of 4 million refugees because of the greed for oil.

Oh, I forgot. It was not China that invaded Iraq but the USA. So, nobody to represent the “Lost Men, Women, and Children of Iraq.”

Heartless hypocrisy.

By: Feisal Mohamed Derie

Feisal Mohamed Derie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:30:14 +0000

Al-Bashir is an African hero for sure, because you can feel he had became an African hero. Bashir he have been leading his people for a while in a better way. However, Bashir he’d better to build a nuclear plan for his country as well. Because westerns are looking for Oil, so they know how to blame a stable country, then to destroy for Oil purposes like Iraq. Westerns are looking for Oil again, and the only way they are blaming for Bashir is to get Oil from Sudan………..

By: Ruben

Ruben — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:09:07 +0000

For those who doubted on America is the true world symbol of harmony, respect, equality for their citizen and that will keep them in power through out …. i don’t see anything wrong with Lomong to carry American flag with American citizen.

By: Dereck Tafuma

Dereck Tafuma — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:57:26 +0000

I don’t think you can separate politics from anything let alone sport. Those who try to separate the two are doing so for the convenience of the moment, perhaps for a diplomatic victory or some other such agenda. The Americans have chosen the Olympic occasion to make their position known without jeopardizing the games. Pres. Bush made a statement condemning the human rights record in China before going to Beijing. Its about making your position known and that should apply to anybody. Lomong is personally a happy man after getting the opportunity to have a meaningful life after the madness in Sudan (and other parts of Africa and the world).

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:38:05 +0000

I believe it is the right thing to do. No one else seems to be doing anything except to study. At the least athletes are trying to do something about.

By: Monika

Monika — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:51:03 +0000

It’s a great choice. The war in South Sudan is only officially over. There are still clashes, mainly because of the oil. That’s why it is so important to honour a survivor. But at the moment the whole world is looking at the massacres in Dafur, all committed by racist Muslims who were the first ones to enslave black Africans, as the Koran explicitly sanctions slavery. I have a good friend from South Sudan who fled Sudan because “I’m black and I’m a Christian” - his own words. So good luck and all the best to Lopez Lomong. And hope that the Chinese will stop supporting that butcher Bashir.

By: Ben Freeman

Ben Freeman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:45:42 +0000

Perhaps the most hypocritical aspect of this story is that the “militiamen that swept into the villages” were in fact members of the southern Sudanese group the SPLA in search for conscripts/child solidiers to force into battle. But do any of these Holywood-activists-for-a-day want to talk about the fact that most of the so called “Lost Boys”-5000 of them to be exact-fled their own “defenders”; the SPLA? I don’t think so,]; not cinematic enough, since that would require a deeper analysis of Sudan and its problems.

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Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:29:46 +0000

[...] con otros 4000 niños perdidos fue recogido por los EEUU en el 2001 y en estos juegos del 2008 ha sido el portador de la bandera americana. In 2001, nearly 4,000 of the “Lost Boys” were resettled in the United States. On Friday, one of [...]

By: Kate b

Kate b — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:55:08 +0000

Lopez Lomong is a good choice, a smack in the face to the Muslim murderers who are still running amok in the whole world including attempts to ruin these games. When will people realise that the “tribal” wars in Sudan are against Muslim terrorists against Christians and the religion of pieces is the cause of global disquiet and murder.