And then the remember the Romanian oil rig story ? What was that all about? I asked an Iran Guy, who said: “They’ve been having territorial water disputes with the UAE for a while and they often go overboard. They shot up a boat in the Caspian Sea not to long ago after a similar dispute with Azerbaijan. They’re overconfident and throwing their weight around.”

When I pointed out to Iran Guy that many of my readers were e-mailing that we should retaliate since Romania is a member of NATO, Iran Guy quipped: “I hadn’t thought of that angle. Well, if Romania requests such action, maybe France can promise robust action and send ten or twelve people.”