Congress finds the games came at a hard time for the country
What the document says“The tournament occurred at a time when the United States was struggling with rampant stagflation, high gas prices, hostages held in Iran, and increased tensions with the Soviet Union whose invasion of Afghanistan led to the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.”
The seventh of the section's ten findings, and the one that sets the scene. Congress names four things it says the country was struggling with at the time: stagflation, high gas prices, hostages held in Iran, and rising tension with the Soviet Union. It records that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan led to the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
What the document actually says“The tournament occurred at a time when the United States was struggling with rampant stagflation, high gas prices, hostages held in Iran, and increased tensions with the Soviet Union whose invasion of Afghanistan led to the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.”
Congress says the country was having a hard time. Prices were rising and gas cost a lot. Americans were being held in Iran.
The Soviet Union had sent troops into Afghanistan. So the country stayed away from the 1980 Summer Games. The Winter Games went ahead.
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