On the Iraqi soccer team victory:
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"Those heroes have shown the real Iraq. They have done something useful for the people as opposed to the politicians and lawmakers...," said Sabah Shaiyal, 43, a policeman in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City.
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Huh? They're a fucking soccer team and their win won't do dick for their country. The team captain isn't even bringing the trophy back there (
"I don't want the Iraqi people to be angry with me," he said. "[But] if I go back with the team, anybody could kill me or try to hurt me.") Translation: I'm a pussy.
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On the car bombs that blew up Iraqis celebrating a win (not even the final one) that killed a baby: ""His mother said when her child was killed in front of her, she didn't cry. She said, 'I present my son as a sacrifice for the national team'. Then we had to win," he said.
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This is exactly the violence-as-romantic, backward view that predominates no matter how educated or sophisticated a Muslim becomes. Particulary retarted when combined with run of the mill soccer frenzymania.
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Amir Mohammed, a Shiite, joined a Kurdish friend to celebrate. "The soccer team has shown that we are united from the south to the north," he said.
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Go figure. I thought Kurds were being slaughtered or deported in the millions since the late 1970's and here they were united all along.
Post-game hoopla is awful enough without the added Muslim-think bullshit.
Carry on.
