Corruption is just a form of bargaining. How is this different from cities clamoring to build new stadia for the NFL, except that the latter is cloaked in a veil of respectability?
Just a way things are done in much of the world. Not necessarily good nor evil. Who the HELL are we to impose our idea of morality and fair play on the rest of the world? The US needs to be cut down to size and know its place. Things like this make me ashamed to be an American.
Murdering cops walk. Warmongers responsible for tens of thousands of deaths walk. Gross polluters who also kill people walk. Bankers who commit fraud walk. But soccer officials get indicted. I hope a Swiss judge makes it damn hard for us to extradite/kidnap those people to the US.
BTW – incorruptible people who truly believe in what they’re doing can be just as bad. A lot of genocidal thugs have been true believers rather than being corrupt, and a lot of corrupt officials have actually been decent in other respects.
