IOC won’t blow up over this judo move

An Iranian judo champion is celebrated in his homeland after he conveniently exceeds the weight limit to avoid competing against an Israeli.

This is in the spirit of international brotherhood, as it is uniquely defined in Osama bin Laden’s part of the world.

A spokesman with the International Judo Federation says the governing body is “studying” the situation, which means it will study the situation until everyone forgets about it.

We already know the deal.

Win or lose, the Iranian judo competitor will return to a hero’s welcome in Tehran.

The conscientious objector already has received official praise from Iran’s ambassador to Greece, according to the Iranian press agency.

“On behalf of all institutions and Iran’s embassy in Greece, I congratulate you on your courageous move to refuse to compete with a [judo athlete] from the Zionist regime,” the ambassador said.

It is not hard to understand the international community’s bad feelings toward Israel.

The Israelis are building a fence because they do not like to be blown up by the peace-loving suicide bombers of Yasser Arafat’s organization.

Much of the international community insists Israel is being closed-minded to the notion of having its citizens blown up. If the Israelis just could open themselves to the idea of being blown up, they might find they would enjoy it.

If the Israelis could learn to enjoy being blown up, the world then would be a more tolerant place.

In that world, the “courageous” Iranian athlete undoubtedly would be happy to go against an Israeli in the judo competition, especially if the Israeli was missing an arm or a leg from a peace-loving suicide bomber.

It seems the Israelis are an unreasonable people. They should learn to tolerate exploding shrapnel, the philosophy of the loony-left elements in Western Europe and the United States.

As a Greek official assured the world several months ago following a blast, bombs in the neighborhood are no big deal in Athens, just part of everyday life.

We Americans are so silly about that stuff. We, too, need to warm to the idea of being blown up, which is preferable to taking the fight to our head-removing brothers around the globe.

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