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.
Not at all. It was stolen and allowed to be stolen.
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