"Hmmm? I'm wondering who in the Bush campaign didn't check with the Iraqi team to see if it would be okay. "
Why would anyone much less Pres. Bush need these ungrateful
players permission? That's the least they can do as thanks.
Well .. there are too many factions in Iraq to take for granted that EVERYONE loves us .. or is required to love us .. that's just not realistic.
My personal opinion: I don't think any political campaign has any right to automatically use any picture or statement of ANYONE without their permission.
Would you like somebody promoting themselves with your image, without your permission?
If the US had complete control of Iraq, and if Iraqi civilians weren't being slaughtered by "freedom fighters" on a weekly basis, then I'd think they (the soccer team) were a bunch of ungrateful SOBs.
Instead, to me, they sounded scared and spoke out very loudly, much like the old east European/Soviet athletes/representatives used to, when confronted with something that was better than what they used to have.