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The Madness of the World Cup

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Well, in as much as it matters who hosts the World Cup, I’d like to see England have it in 2018. It’s their turn and they’d do a very good job. But it doesn’t much matter who hosts the tournament (though one could argue that awarding Qatar the 2022 tournament would be the best possible argument for lettting Iran build a nuclear bomb).

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