Canceling the sale of alcohol should not, by itself, prompt international outrage. But the timing of Qatar’s announcement that it would ban the sale of booze at this year’s World Cup games was not an isolated irritation. It was the latest insult inflicted on soccer fans by the host nation and the latest example of the Gulf state’s contemptuous indifference to its own promises. Qatar’s behavior in securing and holding the biggest sports event in the world has been indefensible, as has that of FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the sport’s governing body.