We care. We just care more about the vast majority of spectators who will be Americans.......Why do you have a problem with that?
The reason the 1994 WC was such a success was because the immigrants here went to the games to support their teams, like Italian-Americans who supported Italy (who unfortunately did not qualify for this World Cup).
And like me, who is sad that Poland also didn’t qualify, I actually was hoping to go to one of their games if they qualified.
I don’t know about the “vast majority.” Soccer ranks somewhere near the WNBA in terms of popularity amongst us natives.
My point was many people here don’t really care about foreigners. Fair enough. But add “Iran” to a story and now everyone wants to be the Guardian of All People We Usually Detest.
Yes, add security, metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs, and all that. Protect Americans.
Adding the Iran to a story is the equivalent of the leftists crying Halliburton at every turn during Dubya’s presidency.
They need new material. We have always been at war with Eastasia. Can’t they come up with a better boogeyman? At least with NK we could make fun of their leader.