The United States make their point by boycott the Moscow Olympics, because many countries chose to follow the US in withdrawing from the Olympics.
Boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow was a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics which was part of the protests against the Soviet-Afghan War. With the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in 1979, United States President Jimmy Carter threatened to boycott the Olympics in Moscow if Soviet troops did not withdraw before 12:01 pm on February 20, 1980, and the boycott finally occurred on March 21, 1980 .
Not only the United States, but many other countries are also boycotting this Olympics. In total, more than 60 countries refused to take part in the 1980 Moscow Olympics
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