Well. The Iraqi team has won the Asian Cup. I say, good for them. Kurds, Shiite and Sunni on ther team. People in Iraq proud of them, a sense of uniting the country. I loath sports - well, oh, in the Greek fashion, competing for no reward except the laurel wreath, great! Today, I say cynically, it's just for money. The Tour de France, par example. Take drugs, sure, if you can win. Sordid at the best.

If we (the human race) are lucky, this win will remind people of what the human community should be about. What is the purpose of hate? Of division? Of oppression? Hey, if a football game can shame us into remembering that human beings are one family, I may have to revise my feelings about sports! Well, "real" sport.

Brian+