Both Jim Lampley of HBO and former Olympian Rowdy Gaines said on ESPNEWS that the IOC went against the USA because of GWB being POTUS the last 8 years. I don’t know if that is true or not, and I tend to doubt it. But if it is true, I guess the “international community” and it’s feelings towards the USA has not been magically transformed because of our change in leadership.