So, I was a political science major in college and being the lover of British culture that I am, I was interested to see what the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown's take on the Iraq situation was. I was watching the news the other day and they brought up the fact that Brown, who visited the UN on Tuesday to push for peace keeping in Dafur,had also visited with President Bush. Brown did not mention the situation in Iraq but he has reportedly began to query what effect, if any, there would be if the UK started to pull it's troops out of Iraq.
Could the UK be making a move to distance itself from us? If so, can we expect to see the type of protests that we saw when France decided not to join us in the "war" on terror? If this is the case, what does that say for the future of English Football here? I can see it now, "Americans play the REAL football." There would be no more Fox Soccer Channel because it wouldn't be American to watch a sport from a country that won't support us. All of this could lead to a ban on English tea like Twinnings. That would be where I would draw the line. No tea equals an unhappy Bela.
In all reality, I doubt that it would come to us boycotting Manchester United or Chelsea matches being shown here in America but, and this is a BIG but, if it were to come down to this, I hope both parties can play nice until Wigan or Leeds win the Premiership, then we can so long to soccer.
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