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LloydDoyley t1_ivjqqdy wrote

Reply to comment by h0bbie in Thousands urge FIFA to boot Iran out of World Cup over Russian 'kamikaze drones' by 29PiecesOfSilver

Every country has their negatives, of course. Just don't give it to a country with no infrastructure, no footballing heritage or even its own established league. FWIW I didn't really have much against 2018 in Russia because it satisfied all of these factors, even though there's a crazy despot in charge.

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h0bbie t1_ivjt6av wrote

Oh Iā€™m definitely not defending Qatar as the choice. šŸ˜ƒ and I agree with your criteria.

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LloydDoyley t1_ivjv0rj wrote

Oh I didn't think you were in the slightest šŸ˜ƒ

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Ferris_Wheel_Skippy t1_ivkng8v wrote

yeah this is something people need to remember

when it comes to atrocities, yes every country has blood on its hands to a certain extent

that being said, that wasn't the only reason why picking Qatar was such a stupid choice. It's tiny as fuck, they've never had much of a World Cup history (if any at all) prior to 2022, and the worst part was the weather. I still can't believe there is a fuckign world cup in less than two weeks as opposed to it being played in the summer

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