A USOPC boycott would be very difficult to pull off.
Let's look back at the boycotts of the 1980's.
If an NOC decides to boycott the games, the IOC's response is that they will permit that nation's qualified athletes to compete regardless of the NOC's wishes on the matter. They do this to make it clear that the IOC is not subordinate to the NOCs. But because their NOC is not participating, they compete under the Olympic flag and anthem. Any sanctions the NOCs decide to levy against those athletes is their problem after the fact, and not the IOC's concern.
For a country with as many athletes as the US, you WOULD have people crossing the picket line to compete anyway.
A more practical gesture would be for the USOPC to deliberately CHOOSE to participate under the Olympic flag rather than the Stars & Stripes. A bunch of countries did this in 1980.
I figure they're just
Well, you're going about it all wrong.
See, presented with that sort of situation, I'd take the whole pile of tickets, put it into Puppet and bang out an image for them in an afternoon. Are they bullshitting? Maybe. But they're gonna have to be more creative about it than trying to push the wait on me, cuz I've got my tools figured out.
Oh, you want a new VM too? Wait ten minutes and you'll get an email when the clone is done. Close ticket.
I voted against Romney because he thought horse parking was a more worthy Olympic sport than wrestling.
Yes.
Now who's position looks more Machiavellian? Your hard no, or my let's make a deal?