Soccer - If Iran Loses Mahmoud Could be Red Carded! - New England Patriots Forums

***IcyPatriot*** · 06-05-2009, 10:21 PM

FT.com / Iran - Soccer result could affect Iranian election

If the Iran world cup team loses Mahmoud could be a goner ... imagine that.

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But the clash between North Korea and Iran in Pyongyang on Saturday could be one of those occasions when the cliché actually proves true. A World Cup qualifier between the two remaining members of George W. Bush’s infamous axis of evil – one fresh from a nuclear test, the other accused by some of wanting to conduct its own – sparks all sorts of international intrigue.

Coming just six days before the football-mad Iranians vote in presidential elections it could also have domestic repercussions.

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The comment might be seen as wishful thinking by a government opponent but it is echoed by a fundamentalist politician, sympathetic to Mr Ahmadi-Nejad: “The results of these football matches might shift a significant number of votes from one candidate to another.”

In an election expected to be close – and where Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the rival reformist candidate, is said to be gaining support – that could be significant.

***DarrylS*** · 06-06-2009, 04:45 AM

I hope so, would prove interesting.. but then is it better to know the dog who will bite you...

efin98 · 06-06-2009, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS

I hope so, would prove interesting.. but then is it better to know the dog who will bite you...

if that dog isn't as vicious or more vicious as the dog before him...could end up with someone who makes him look moderate by comparison.

***tanked_as_usual*** · 06-07-2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS

I hope so, would prove interesting.. but then is it better to know the dog who will bite you...

as long as the dog isn't hitler, or stalin, or mussolini, or amin, or hussein, or pol pot, or countless others

***PressCoverage*** · 06-07-2009, 02:53 AM

regardless of the outcome of some happenstance soccer event...

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the fact of the matter is quite simple: it is religious fanaticism, on 'our' side as well, that is bringing the world to it's knees.

godef · 06-07-2009, 10:11 AM

Just goes to show you how really backwards that country is.