It occurs to me that our domestic Democrats, and various spokesmen for Iran, share a penchant for offering bizarre, erroneous takes on events.
This has come into focus while following soccer’s World Cup, even as Iran and the United States engage in peace talks to end their Middle East hostility.
First, the World Cup, where Iran has managed to draw each of its first two games, including a “scintillating” (just kidding) 0-0 tie with Belgium.
You’d have thought Iran had won, such were the overblown postgame remarks from coaches and players.
Here’s how one of the Iranian peace negotiators would have described the Belgium game: “Our most glorious warriors once again have sent the infidels away in utter defeat. They have shown the superiority of our people and our spirit. Allah willing, we will sweep to ultimate victory and hoist the World Cup Trophy to show the world our greatness.”
Such a World Cup title would require eventually winning a game, something Iran has yet to achieve in two tries in this event. But, why quibble?
No matter. It is not only Iranians who have trouble discerning the “score” when it comes to the armed conflict with the United States. Note their continuing threats to deal with us harshly lest we have the temerity to stand up to them.
Left-wing Democrats and their sycophants in the LameStream media giddily assert that the United States has lost the fight. These people need to learn how to read a scoreboard. When your side loses more leaders, troops and equipment, when it is bottled up in its own territory like the Steelers offense, you’re losing, not winning.
I can only imagine how these Democrats might describe the ongoing success of our World Cup soccer team, which has swept to two wins and already has qualified for advancement from group play to the knockout rounds with one game yet to be played.
Yes, the United States has dispatched Paraguay in historic fashion, and blanked Australia despite playing that game without the best American player, but Democrats might describe their coach as an unhinged type alternating between aggression and passivity, and the results as disappointing.
A typical Dumbocrat might say something like this: “Yes, we’ve won two games by a cumulative 6-1 score, but it should have been at least 10-1. Paraguay scored a goal! It was a stunning setback for our supposedly impenetrable defense. Besides, we’re hosting this thing, along with our glorious neighbors of Canada and Mexico, and it is the epitome of Ugly American, Bad Host behavior to win both our games against noble opposition from South America and Australia. No wonder the rest of the world hates us. Why do we insist on rubbing our success in the faces of morally superior foreigners? I’m so ashamed to be an American!
One common theme of the two events is a belief in miracles. President Trump believes, against all odds, a lasting peace deal can be struck with the delusional Iranians – a miracle of sorts.
And fans of American soccer dream that this team can duplicate our nation’s 1980 Olympic Gold Medal-winning hockey miracle by winning the World Cup.
Admittedly, our odds of winning the World Cup are better than Iran’s, despite what you might have heard from Iran propagandists or Democrats. But, that outcome is about as unlikely as a real peace deal with Iran, no matter what you might have heard.
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