season's greetings from Mahmoud Ah-"mama-said-knock-you-out"-ijad!

We all know just how hard most of the Muslim political world works to try and ignore Israel as a nation like a giant white kosher elephant. Most Middle Eastern nations refuse to acknowledge Israeli-stamped passports, recognize Israel even within the confines of the U.N., or do not allow a foreign embassy in the Holy Land.

But when Iran panicked for accidentally sending the Israeli soccer federation a Happy New Year email (which they meant to send to every global soccer body except Israel), it seemed to be pushing the envelope.

But the Football Federation of Iran pushed well further, so much so that federation spokesman (and the fateful emailer) Mohammad Mansour Azimzadeh Ardebili actually resigned from his post, from such shame he apparently brought on to his nation.

Such a crime this mistaken email was in Iran, that it cost a man his job. There is even the possibility he could face criminal charges, for something along the lines of promoting official business to a "non-existent" country or something like that. All the while, while still sending out season's greetings to the other 207 FIFA members, which still include us no-good allies in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and so on...even those no-good Holocaust-admitting Germans are on the list!

But, the joke's on you Iran: the Jewish new year isn't even until September! And I'll bet you even wished them a happy 2010, didn't you?!?