SAFA declares Bafana "as powerful as US military" [because they couldn't beat Iraq]

"By not scoring goals in not the World Cup we're hoping to build up to a point where we can begin thinking about not scoring goals in the World Cup."

SHOOT: If you can't win you can still laugh.

clipped from www.hayibo.com JOHANNESBURG. According to South African officials, the national football team is as powerful as the United States military "because they couldn't beat Iraq either". Meanwhile the team says it was confused by the Young Communists League's call for it to play with "militancy and radicalism", as the laws of football do not allow for the petrol-bombing of the opposition. The Confederations Cup football tournament, billed in South Africa as "not the World Cup", has struggled to fire the imagination of the host country, however delighted officials said Sunday's 0-0 draw against Iraq had put the country squarely on the geopolitical map. According to South African Football Association spokesman Hotfuzz Mxenge, the draw had confirmed that Bafana Bafana were an "unstoppable killing machine" like the US Military. "When you think about it the similarities are spooky," said Mxenge. "They both look ultra-hot when they're doing star-jumps, and neither of them could beat Iraq. I rest my case."