Friday October 10, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

The Middle East is about honor and pride.
Beating someone at their own game is tantamount to dishonoring them.

Unbeknownst to most of the world until this year Iran was the largest producer of pistachios in the world.
This year the United States will be the largest pistachio producer in the world.
Iran is losing to California in the pistachio war.

Pistachios are the second largest export of Iran after oil.
Last year Iran produced 280 tons of pistachios and reaped a billion in revenues.
This year Iran is down 75% due to a very cold spring which is harvest time.
This year the United States will produce 190 tons of pistachio nuts and Iran will not come anywhere close to that.

I know that it sounds weird but it is a global market.
If people in the Muslim world want pistachio nuts - which they do - they will have to buy them from the good ol’ USA.

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