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To: Eleutheria5

Spain surrendered against Islam after the Madrid train bombings, and pulled out of the war on terror.

And now it allies itself with the enemies of civilization.


2 posted on 09/29/2018 12:17:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The issues here are economic to a large extent. Football/soccer is very, very big business, and the rich petroleum-based economies of the Middle East have major investments in football/soccer teams - owning several. This includes major money invested in Real Madrid. I don’t know the details, but the Christian cross that had been part of the Real Madrid crest was apparently removed on this basis:

http://www.espn.com/soccer/real-madrid/story/3645199/luka-modric-wins-fifa-the-best-award-ends-ronaldo-messi-duopoly

Football/soccer teams used to be entirely ‘club teams’, owned by private investors and fans. Now several are owned by countries. Paris St. Germaine (PSG) is one of them, owned essentially by Qatar. They paid a transfer fee of ~$250,000,000 for one player in 2016, totally changing the financial structure of world football/soccer.


6 posted on 09/29/2018 12:42:55 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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