tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876012087863461251.post8753140737714606099..comments2023-10-07T07:59:07.050-04:00Comments on "friday-lunch-club": Assad to the German Bild: "I see the West moving away from Turkey ..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876012087863461251.post-28085547355775100232010-12-21T22:49:23.674-05:002010-12-21T22:49:23.674-05:00Postscript: Assad on the world cup in Qatar. I thi...Postscript: Assad on the world cup in Qatar. I think he is right on the money here too: this will logically become the biggest pan-Arabic event since Nasser's death, precisely because Qatar is so small. And as such, politically very subversive. In the best Qatari tradition. A lot of people will get very nervous, as this comes closer. (Me too because I will be so unspeakably old by then!). <br />Bild: In 2022 the World Football Championship will be held in in Qatar - it will be the first World Cup on Arab soil. What does this mean for the Arab world?<br />President Assad: "This is truly an achievement! If a small country like Qatar hosts a major event, it is certainly extraordinary. And of course we are all passionate about it, as Arabs we have sympathy for Qatar. We are proud of it. I think that every Arab feels as if he had won this competition."Guthmannoreply@blogger.com