Obama ‘in two minds’ about Beijing boycott

US SENATOR Barack Obama said he is conflicted about whether the US should be a full participant in this summer’s Olympics in Beijing because of China’s human rights record.

“I am of two minds about this,” the Democratic presidential hopeful said in an interview aired yesterday on CBS’ The Early Show. “On the one hand, I think that what has happened in Tibet, China’s support for the Sudanese government in Darfur, is a real problem.”

Still, Obama said: “I am hesitant to make the Olympics a site of political protest, because I think it’s partly about bringing the world together.”