FIFA, that hive of scum and villainy (remember this?), deserves everything that it's getting and probably more. All my soccer fan friends and I are watching with unadulterated, Schadenfreudelicious glee. Here's a hilarious comment from foreign policy prof Dan Drezner:
We live in an age when foreign affairs pundits like to bemoan the crumbling of existing order and ponder whether the United States’ best days are in the past, when rising powers seem more comfortable throwing their weight around than the U.S. government. These are days when American scandals and dysfunction and economic stagnation seem to wrongfoot U.S. foreign policy aspirations at every opportunity.
But then there are days when the United States is the greatest country in the world, because it makes stuff like this happen ...
Die Mannschaft beat Argentina 1-0 and the Germans are now the Weltmeister. I was also amused by the various sartorial antics of the fans, not to mention this comment on the president of the hilariously corrupt FIFA and his companions:
Since this IS 2014 and no event is complete without a selfie or two, here you go. The selfie game is strong with this one.
Congratulations to the Germans!
UPDATE: The Onion comments hilariously.
