As you know, USA plays Iran in the World Cup on Tuesday. Loser is eliminated from the tournament and has to forfeit their Uranium production as well.

I kid, but “journalists” were not during a circus of a press conference on Monday which saw a bunch of corrupt bozos ask our guys about systemic racism, the Persian Gulf, inflation, and all sorts of assorted nonsense, most of which Tyler Adams and Gregg Berhalter handled well:

Good answer, he just took the high road there and made that dude look like a loser.

But yeah, talk about a loaded question. It’s all grandstanding bullshit from a state-owned media “reporter” masquerading as a journalist and trying to do a glass houses/whataboutism routine. “What about all the bad things in America?” Systemic racism! Black Lives Matter!” True, we’ve got plenty of problems that we need to fix in this country, but at least we’re not an oppressive theocratic authoritarian regime that treats women like dog shit and murders protesters. Report that on Press TV.

These Iranian “journalists,” which is an oxymoron by the way, just wanted to get their rocks off because they finally had a chance to speak with a couple of Americans and question/lecture them on a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with soccer. Based on the topics broached at this presser, you’d think Obama and Bush were sitting at the podium, not a 49-year-old coach and 23-year-old player who was born 20 years after the Islamic Revolution. This would be like Iran qualifying for World Cup 2026, then they come over here and we put Jim Acosta and Peter Doocy in the front row to ask them about the nuclear deal, turning the whole thing into a clown show in the process.

Tensions were already high going into this game because of decades of political rivalry between the two countries. Throw in the protests currently taking place in Iran and the conflicted stance from their players, many of whom did not sing the national anthem before their first game and some of whom have spoken out despite being instructed not to, and it creates multiple layers of complexity here. Do they coordinate a public display? Will the regime punish them if they do? How do they handle the pressure of playing close to home, in the Middle East? Imagine being in their position. Guys like Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi have the weight of the world on their shoulders right now.

One dumb thing that created more tension was that some idiots at U.S. Soccer decided to post an altered version of Iran’s flag on their web graphics in order to send some kind of political message. The coaches and players weren’t consulted about it, and it obviously pissed Iran (and others) off in the process, so good job giving them more motivation. At the same time however, if Iran needed “bulletin board material” for this game, they had the wrong approach, since you shouldn’t require extra juice for a World Cup elimination game in the first place.

Anyway, let these guys play the sport. If the jokers asking these questions qualify as “journalists,” then I’ve got beachfront property to sell you in Boyertown.

(the entire presser is here if you want a laugh)