Dear Editor:
Just think: 70 years ago, the U.S.A., Britain, Japan and Germany were enemies, and now in Canada, of all places, they play great friendly football (soccer) matches while the civilized world is watching and enjoying.
Russia is not represented – it could not qualify. Russia still thinks and acts as if its neighbors and the West are its worst enemies. Russia just doesn’t get it; it can’t live peacefully with the rest of the world and is still determined to rule the world.
The best FIFA can do for the civilized world is to cancel the 2018 World Cup in Russia and award it to England or some other civilized country. Let Russia live in the isolated and suspicious world of Vladimir Putin.
Venice, Fla.