America's Cup

America's Cup - the sailing competition that I don't think many in America follow - was slated to begin in February in RAK (one of the seven Emirates that makes up this country). RAK spent $120 million building infrastructure to help lure the race here.

The race pits a US team against a Swiss team. The American team filed a lawsuit to keep the race out of the Persian Gulf. A moronic congressman Edward Royce backed their concern that it would be unsafe to run the race so close to Iran.

I've been following the story for the past couple of weeks and I was sure the US courts would throw out the complaint because it is ridiculous to think Iran would take shots at a sailboat.

Today the courts ruled that RAK cannot host the race... not for the reason of security but a clause that stipulates that races in the northern hemisphere can't be held between November 1 and April 1.

This will certainly have negative fallout here because most won't know the reason why the judge ruled the way she did. It will be passed off as another discriminatory act by a country that is prejudiced against the middle east.

So what was the real reason the American team didn't want to compete here? The Swiss have been practicing here for months and know the waters of the Gulf much better. It had nothing to do with security.