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"And I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide"

Monday, December 22, 2003

BEND IT LIKE GADDAFI

It's been a nice week off, but I'll be easing back into blogging this week. Hope your holidayish season is going well.

Over at Pandagon, Jesse Taylor has an interesting theory as to why Libya is giving up its nukes: It wants to host the 2010 World Cup.

To be honest, I find this pretty damn plausible. Most Americans, who lose virtually all interest in "soccer" at around 17-18 at the latest, can't fully understand the importance and impact of football/futbol in most of the rest of the world. Certainly the neo-con back-patters who give credit to a Bushian domino theory of sorts can't.

Libya's rival bidders for the Cup are Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia and Morocco. Despite General Gaddafi's very positive step, my money's on the Rainbow Nation.

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