[Eva]

Thanks, I agree with his sentiments. We object to the Hollywood celebs expressing their anti-American thoughts and wish that they would keep their thoughts to themselves, so I guess its right for athletes to decline to make public statements on politics and I have to agree that the man is an athlete, not a politician, so why should the press care what he thinks politically. I'm glad that he clarified his position on his web-page, though.

[BeadCounter]

I don't see what else, we might expect of an athlete and I certainly don't expect anything from Hollywood Celebs, good time, to thank, Dennis Miller, Tom Selleck and others, who stand up for the American way, but back to my point, I don't know what more I would expect from an Athlete, than some sort of neutral statement. What if the athlete who said, "I'm an athlete and that's all" was Shaq or Yao Ming?
Armstrong, by the way, seems to be in Spain, one of the first countries in the coalition; Spain, having that experience with El Cid and the Moors some years ago. He may be training there, but may be there only for an event. One might remember, his remarks, too, are a bit tinged, from being on foreign soil. I know, americans do play sports, basketball, etc. in Europe. I hope they are well accepted.