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2003-12-21 Iraq

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Posted by tipper. 2003-12-21 10:08:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And here we've been worrying about keeping the lights on and providing running water. Obviously, Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Franks, et al., should be brought up on war crimes charges for not sending over a few tons of sod and turf. Further proof of what a callous, uncaring society we are in comparision to, say, THE GERMANS, who haven't sent F*CK ALL to help Iraq! (other than some america-hating commie scum soccer coach)

I hope this guy takes a few kicks to the groin during practice. I'm sure we could find a few volunteers among the troops to pull the duty.

What a tool.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-21 10:22:47 PM|| 2003-12-21 10:22:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Why doesn't he ask Germany, his home country, who hasn't contributed much, if anything, to Iraq, to repair the field?
Maybe his mission is not so much coaching soccer as it is coaching the Iraqi's to hate America.

Posted by TS 2003-12-21 10:33:00 PM|| 2003-12-21 10:33:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Is Bernd saying grass doesn't grow in Iraq? Seems unlikely considering how much fertilizer he's spreading...

Posted by PBMcL 2003-12-21 10:33:14 PM|| 2003-12-21 10:33:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "I donât want to ..." often a preface for exactly that. WTFO? Our society is founded on the tenet of self-help, Dude! What'cha been doing; cowering in a spider hole? Plant your own grass! Talk about chutzpah. Low, but irresistable.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-21 10:44:08 PM|| 2003-12-21 10:44:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh I know, he asked Germany if they would repair the field, and they said yes, BUT only if they could get a contract to do it, right?
(Specifically a contract where the American taxpayers pay for it, and Germany gets good PR out of it)

Posted by TS 2003-12-21 10:44:10 PM|| 2003-12-21 10:44:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Weeeell, ya know, Stange was the national coach of... East Germany. And in November 2002 he signed a contract as national coach of Iraq. And you know who signed as the employer? Of course Uday Hussein, who had his own ideas about "motivating" athletes.

Oh but Stange said he was only interested in football...

Maybe this history has something to do with the lukewarm U.S. response?

That said the German Football Association has contributed quite a bit to Iraqi football after the war. It's not just grass that's lacking in Baghdad. From what I know the Albanians have hardly ever played on grass so the Iraqis might manage to do as well.

He is right about one thing: Iraqis are crazy about football and Stange managed to get Iraq into the World Championship 2006 qualifications where Iraq has to play Uzbekistan, Palestine and Taiwan. It would give Iraq an enormous boost if they could win that. You would not believe what it meant to Germany to win the World Championship of 1954 against all odds. If Iraq just manages to qualify it would be terrific for them. Soccer is baseball, football and basketball rolled in one for them and they are actually quite good at it. The U.S. never managed to make baseball popular in Germany after 1945, it simply had no tradition at all here.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-12-21 11:04:55 PM|| 2003-12-21 11:04:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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