Forget 'new territories' or 'human rights'. There is an intersting 'economic' angle here. The competitors being nations 'that could host a world cup tomorrow' Qatar was the only nation whose winning of the venue would open up coffers to the tune of billions of dollars in terms of mega construction projects (a cash flow that would obviously benefit a lot more folks than those here in Qatar) and banking deals.
Which other nation would/could start initiatives that would need circulating about 100 billion USD on winning the bid? and with the world economy being where it is now, no country in west is exactly in a position to kick off such a thing.
Human rights? You gotta be kidding me! Only thing that means anything in these discussion tables is megabucks. "if there is anything more influential than the business of big politics, it is the politics of big business" (forgot who said tht :-p)
Forget 'new territories' or 'human rights'. There is an intersting 'economic' angle here. The competitors being nations 'that could host a world cup tomorrow' Qatar was the only nation whose winning of the venue would open up coffers to the tune of billions of dollars in terms of mega construction projects (a cash flow that would obviously benefit a lot more folks than those here in Qatar) and banking deals.
Which other nation would/could start initiatives that would need circulating about 100 billion USD on winning the bid? and with the world economy being where it is now, no country in west is exactly in a position to kick off such a thing.
Human rights? You gotta be kidding me! Only thing that means anything in these discussion tables is megabucks. "if there is anything more influential than the business of big politics, it is the politics of big business" (forgot who said tht :-p)