And you think anyone will intervene on behalf of Tibet?
No. There is virtually zero probability of any nation standing up for Tibet with anything other than a few stern words.
As I said, the US-led boycott of the Moscow games in 1980 was a waste of time and effort as was the Russian-led boycott of the 1984 LA games.
These Olympic boycotts are useless for politics and only hurt the athletes.
I could make the same claim that this run for soverignty is just a waste too.
Okay.
China won't budge and no one will move against them... so "why bother"?
Indeed. As I noted above, the pro-Tibet protesters do not appear to have 'political protest' as their primary goal - the goal appears to be one of disruption.