Hey Ion, Thanks for the reply and respectful response. I know you weren't aiming anything at the american people. I was simply pointing out the name. As I hope others will do, I must respect your opinion, I just wanted to say the at the current moment, most back in the States still think of it as the Persian Gulf. I can't speak for our government, only the average person. I know I have very little knowledge of the history behind the name, and most in the States know 0 about it, I just wanted to point out that in this particular case, my opinion is that the US has had very little to do with the name conflict.