Saturday October 7, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

There is a hot new computer game on the market.
It's a must have for all the kids - all the Iranian kids, that is.
The objective of the game is to sink an oil tanker - a United States oil tanker.
Am I shocked? No, not shocked. Nothing could shock me in today's Iran.

There's one more little detail in this game. Not only is the objective to sink a US tanker, but to sink it in the Straits of Hormuz.

What or where is Hormuz? Good question.
Hormuz is where 2/5ths of all the oil in the world travels on its way to anywhere and everywhere.
Hormuz is probably the best protected shipping lane in the world, a disruption there would wreak havoc in the world's oil flow.
Hormuz is a symbol to Iran.

Downing a US tanker in Hormuz is a message to Iranian youth saying: We in Hormuz, are in power, not you, in the West.
This is anything but a game to Iranians.