Comments on: North Africa: Bringing Home the Medals http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/19/north-africa-bringing-home-the-medals/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:49:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: manus http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/19/north-africa-bringing-home-the-medals/comment-page-1/#comment-1504832 manus Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:32:30 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=48698#comment-1504832 I really do believe that the Arab athlete’s performance is at best abysmal and really bellow par. They managed two gold medals. One was from the “Moroccan born” Bahraini Ramzi, the other from a Tunisian swimmer and few medals here and there. The results for a nation of nearly 300 million people (similar population to Europe or the USA) are in fact disgraceful. Our friends in the golf went into a shopping spree literally buying second class Kenyan athletes that so far have not managed between all of them not even one gold medal. The fact of the matter is we are a nation that lost its confidence and no longer able to assert itself in any aspect of human civilisation, be it art, music, sport, literature or anything else. Mismanagement and bad governance are the main factors of this calamity. The entire sporting programs through the Arab world have simply failed even after all the resources and money that were thrown at it. You need people to make champions not check books. I really do believe that the Arab athlete’s performance is at best abysmal and really bellow par. They managed two gold medals. One was from the “Moroccan born” Bahraini Ramzi, the other from a Tunisian swimmer and few medals here and there. The results for a nation of nearly 300 million people (similar population to Europe or the USA) are in fact disgraceful. Our friends in the golf went into a shopping spree literally buying second class Kenyan athletes that so far have not managed between all of them not even one gold medal. The fact of the matter is we are a nation that lost its confidence and no longer able to assert itself in any aspect of human civilisation, be it art, music, sport, literature or anything else. Mismanagement and bad governance are the main factors of this calamity. The entire sporting programs through the Arab world have simply failed even after all the resources and money that were thrown at it. You need people to make champions not check books.

]]> By: Nasamat http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/19/north-africa-bringing-home-the-medals/comment-page-1/#comment-1504551 Nasamat Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:36:26 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=48698#comment-1504551 Is it reasonable for a nation to make its honour conditional on the outcome of a football match, a long-distance race, or a snail race? Come on! http://kalamoha.blogspot.com/ Is it reasonable for a nation to make its honour conditional on the outcome of a football match, a long-distance race, or a snail race?

Come on!

http://kalamoha.blogspot.com/

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