The mind-twist needed for us fans to willfully ignore the cataclysmic corruption, bribery, and #humanrights abuses including the literal construction slavery #Qatar used to create an entire city for the #WorldCup under the sanctioned eye of the . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMqLDhl8PXw
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. . . criminal organization that is #FIFAcom, is epic.
It's not even that Qatar was chosen; the real story is the how it was chosen. Corruption incarnate, w/ express consent of #FIFAWorldCup organization. This story prior to '14 Cup explains further: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa/soccer-less-democracy-makes-for-an-easier-world-cup-valcke-idUSBRE93N18F20130424
@t_lang Very true. And that's saying a lot.
@MikeBarbre makes the IOC look good