A part of me tends to agree with no_quiero this time although the title of a 'pathetic loser' for the rationale is just too harsh and insulting IMO.

Have been watching NBC and few other channels for the past couple of weeks  to catch up with the ongoing event. While it had occurred to me that it must be hard to overcome the emotion of patriotism for your participating country in great sporting events like Olympics, I wish the media could be more fair than blinded with such emotions of patriotism(?). And add to that love for your country, the controversies going around with the age of Chinese gymnasts with China being the arch rival for many a reason already....a part of the complaining (or sulking, i don't know) sounds fairly reasonable too.

But talking about blind support (which as i said is obvious to a good extent), personally the US's sulking to me is better than Indian cricket commentators commenting on a live match of say India vs. Pakistan.

"Aur yeh pakistani bowler ko chakmaa dekar bahut hi shaandaar chuakaa maar diya square leg ki taraf. Bahut khoob"