50 minutes to cover 729 miles in a Bahraini fighter jet - 89 minutes in a passenger jet.

(See Bahraini fighter jet-crash headline below)


OK - most non-American bread & circus sport(s) fans are not quite as geographically clueless as they are geopolitically cretinous or comatose - but if attending fans / fanatics get to feeling anti-climactic when the fairly-refereed pitch-battles in Qatar finally wrap up - they might consider getting the adrenaline and the blood flowing again with a quick sightseeing stopover flight to Yemen. It takes less than 90 minutes - or circa 50 mins in a Bahraini fighter jet:


"World Cup 2022: As Saudi Arabia Shines, Yemenis say Don't Forget about Us" :

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/world-cup-2022-saudi-arabia-performance-forget-yemen-war

"Bahraini Jet Taking Part in Yemen war Crashes in Saudi Arabia":

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-bahrain-idUSKBN0UD0LK20151230

"Bahrain Accused of 'Greenwashing' role in Yemen War"
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cop26-bahrain-accused-greenwashing-role-saudi-led-war-yemen

"Bahrain Working Closely with Partners to Help End Yemen Crisis"
("Crisis" not war? "End" the crisis? By winning the war ? And wiping out the opposition ?)

https://www.bna.bh/en/BahrainworkingcloselywithpartnerstohelpendYemencrisisSpeaker.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2BDt%2B4D5o4DtjkovkQ1%2Bodixw%3D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention_in_Yemen

War as sport with no referees - but with plenty of no-penalty shoot-outs. The sick jokes write themselves.