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Anyone else rooting for Iran today?

Posted on 11/29/2022 6:55:25 AM PST by bigdaddy45

Okay, before you go nuts, hear me out.

Soccer just isn't our sport. We suck at it. The USMNT is going nowhere, and they're just a bunch of virtue signalers anyway.

The Iranian team almost literally is playing for their lives. They have been protesting their government by not singing for the anthem, and there are reports their families are being threatened if they don't "behave". If they lose, there is a decent chance a few of them will just be disappeared.

So lets say they beat the US. They will be national heroes. It will be very very difficult for the Mullahs to crack down on them, and their voices will be amplified. And, the Iranian people will have another group to rally around in their quest to topple their government.

Flame away.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 123oclock4oclockzot; agitprop; footie; iran; iraq; lebanon; mullahloversonfr; soccer; whyishenotbanned; whyishestillhere; worldcup; yemen; zot
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To: al_c

Nothing. They used it as a display at a press conference, nothing else.


61 posted on 11/29/2022 10:10:41 AM PST by CraigEsq
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To: aquila48

That’s not true. What you see on the jersey on the left is what they’re wearing.


62 posted on 11/29/2022 10:11:10 AM PST by CraigEsq
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To: CraigEsq

So then the players have even less to do with it.


63 posted on 11/29/2022 10:40:57 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: bigdaddy45

O.K., After reading the comments perhaps I’ll go against the conventional wisdom here. I hope the U.S. team beats Iran 10-0, blows them out. Then if like people say here the government punishes (murders) the team, Iran will have more martyrs and the people will be more inclined to protest and maybe they will get their change.


64 posted on 11/29/2022 10:46:02 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: NorthMountain

Their government is comprised of terrorists. The people in general are quite fond of the US. Do you know the only Middle Eastern country to hold impromptu vigils after 9/11? Iran.


65 posted on 11/29/2022 10:53:51 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

Soccer is gay.


66 posted on 11/29/2022 10:54:56 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: bigdaddy45
Their government is comprised of terrorists.

THAT is my point.

67 posted on 11/29/2022 10:56:44 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: real saxophonist

“I’m not ‘rooting’ for anyone, because soccer is gay.”

I played soccer. I’ll scratch your eyes out and beat you with my purse for saying that


68 posted on 11/29/2022 10:57:50 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: AppyPappy
Well, I played tuba. On a cold night, I will touch the bell to your back, and you will sqeal.

8~)

69 posted on 11/29/2022 11:03:59 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: Spok

Ha. We can’t get rid of our fanatics in the totalitarian US govt.


70 posted on 11/29/2022 11:06:31 AM PST by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: bigdaddy45

It’s the US National team - no need to specify gender. Male sports are sports - women’s sports are a hobby.


71 posted on 11/29/2022 11:06:58 AM PST by Clemenza
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To: Clemenza
women’s sports are a hobby.


72 posted on 11/29/2022 11:11:00 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: real saxophonist

yeah, I agree!

All those screaming, writhing in pain pussy actors is just too much to stomach. They should try real football.

Sitting there watching a screen for 90 minutes of playtime with nothing happening, other than sad little idiots faking injury after injury after injury. It’s a little girl sport and should have been left that way.


73 posted on 11/29/2022 11:19:19 AM PST by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: All

Oddly enough, everyone in Wales is hoping for a tie in the USA-Iran game, they are out of the World Cup for sure if either side wins as they will only have four points if they can beat England today, whereas the potential winner of USA-Iran would have either five (USA) or six (Iran) points.

If Wales can win and there’s a tie in this game, then Iran and Wales both have four points, the USA are eliminated on three points. England win the group on five points. But Wales have a better goal differential than Iran already, and since this scenario requires them to win, that will improve further, while Iran’s tie would leave them on the same inferior goal differential. So that is the only way in for Wales.


74 posted on 11/29/2022 11:38:17 AM PST by Peter ODonnell (If Arizona held the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt would lose to Joe Biden)
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To: bigdaddy45

Soccer is being played? ZZZ. Ann Cou)er had a great article om this un-American “sport.


75 posted on 11/29/2022 12:57:41 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: Peter ODonnell

Well, all the scheming is for ‘naught .... USA wins 1-0.


76 posted on 11/29/2022 1:19:29 PM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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To: bigdaddy45

Dang. Prayers up for the Iranian players. :(


77 posted on 11/29/2022 1:20:07 PM PST by Allegra
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To: Spok

LOL at your assertions

It took the Russian people more than 70 years to “kick out” the Soviet dictators, and then only after an existential threat doomed the Communist totalitarian state, courtesy of President Reagan, PM Thatcher and St. John Paul.

you’re delusional in the extreme if you think the mullahs will get “kicked out” by the “Iranian people” — they have failed to do so after nearly a half century. What, pray tell, is going to happen to suddenly cause the “Iranian people” to “kick out” the medieval savages running around in filthy nightshirts?

As for the soccer team, there’s a simple solution to avoid execution —

DON’T GO BACK HOME. LEAVE

People were able to defect from the Soviet Union. Figure it out

Anyone who is rooting AGAINST the United States and FOR Iran — perhaps find a dictatorship or religious fantatic state or totalitarian regime that better suits you?

It appears, perhaps, that the quaint responsibilities of a representative Republic are too burdemsome for you.


78 posted on 11/29/2022 3:10:10 PM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: bigdaddy45

LOL. Literally.

It took the Russian people more than 70 years to “kick out” the Soviet dictators, and then only after an existential threat doomed the Communist totalitarian state, courtesy of President Reagan, PM Thatcher and St. John Paul.

you’re delusional in the extreme if you think the mullahs will get “kicked out” by the “Iranian people” — they have failed to do so after nearly a half century. What, pray tell, is going to happen to suddenly cause the “Iranian people” to “kick out” the medieval savages running around in filthy nightshirts?

As for the soccer team, there’s a simple solution to avoid execution —

DON’T GO BACK HOME. LEAVE

People were able to defect from the Soviet Union. Figure it out

Anyone who is rooting AGAINST the United States and FOR Iran — perhaps find a dictatorship or religious fantatic state or totalitarian regime that better suits you?

It appears, perhaps, that the quaint responsibilities of a representative Republic are too burdemsome for more than a few Freepers.


79 posted on 11/29/2022 3:14:44 PM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: nonliberal

So, you believe in the validity of the 2020 steal? Biden Was elected?


80 posted on 11/30/2022 9:26:59 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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