Outside the Beltway

Qatar 2022

Doug Mataconis · Sunday, June 1, 2014 · No comments

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FRANCOISE CHAPTAL
(FILES) — File picture dated March 22, 2010 shows a banner for Qatar’s 2022 bid to host the World Cup is seen near Aspire athletics zone in Doha. The gulf emirate, future host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and past playground of several Arab and Asian games, is reaching for the moon as it eyes the 2020 Olympics despite seemingly insurmountable climate challenges. AFP PHOTO/KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images)