I will pause for the silence.

London in July is a bit chaotic. I should know since I've been living here. I'm very happy to see the United States give Britain the support it needs with moments of silence and the playing of Britain's national anthem. Of course this should not even be debated whether it is good for the US to do this or not because after all, Britain and Tony Blair (who received a bunch of stick for entering US's war) supported the United States in their unpopular war. Tony Blair may be a lot of things but he is dealing with this situation in a very mature and organized manner. Not only is he helping the Brits cope but he is trying to restore a NON-RACIST attitude into the people here. Every time I watch a news briefing this is the subject matter that is focused on. I should know, because if he had said something terrible it would have been on the front page of every tabloid in London that I can get my hands on. After all, Britain has to be careful with racism and politics, with a population in London and it's outer suburbs being a large percentage of Asian, there would be a lot of trouble if a certain Prime Minister said something cause an up hevel with those citizens.

With the Olympics, the London bombings, and the other threats that I'm sure haven't been reported in the US (like when they evacuated 20,000 people in Birmingham because they had coded bomb threats, and yes i was one of those 20,000 having been unlucky enough to be there, and the evacation at Luton) Britain is in a time of support. It's a little hard to explain all that's happening over here for everyone back at home. All I can say is that maybe to get a realistic grasp of this you need a British/London newspaper to understand the situation. Being in the country helps a bit too.