The U.S. justified its involvement in the Vietnam War by stating that they were fighting against communism. At the time, the Soviet Union was seen as a huge threat and there was a rivalry between the two nations.
Answer: The author is biased against certain Olympic cycling because she coaches a cycling team.
Some Caribbean islands are coral islands formed from shells and marine animals skeletons.
These islands belong in the older group of Caribbean islands. Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Barbuda, Antigua etc. belong to this group. They practically represent a low laying plateaus composed of billions, if not trillions, of shells and marine animals skeletons that are accumulated on the ocean floor.