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Mar 1, 2010
Islamic Solidarity Games and “The Gulf”

So now the Islamic Solidarity Games have been called off because host-country Iran inscribed “Persian Gulf” on the tournament’s official logo and medals.
This, as we know from last week, is …

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Feb 23, 2010
Dubai, the Smugglers’ Sieve

Article about Dubai and it’s porous border with cross-gulf neighbor Iran: “Dubai Helps Iran Evade Sanctions as Smugglers Ignore U.S. Laws.”
Money quote from a member of Dubai’s Iranian Business Council …

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Feb 22, 2010
Iran and the “Arabian Gulf”

One of the things that struck me when we lived in Dubai was that everyone called the Persian Gulf by the name “Arabian Gulf”.
Guess it made sense, we were living …

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Feb 19, 2010
Iran Nukes

We were talking about “what if Iran finished a nuclear bomb” at work the other day, and I was all over the map with what I was saying. Then …

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