Who knew that Ahmadinejad read Andy Borowitz?
President of Iran Declares War on Sparta Vows to Nuke 300 WarriorsIn what foreign policy experts believe to be a direct response to the hit movie “300,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today declared war on Sparta.
Even for the mercurial Mr. Ahmadinejad, the move struck many diplomatic insiders as extraordinary, since the consensus in the international community is that the city-state of Sparta no longer exists.
But according to a close associate of Mr. Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president’s thoughts turned to war after seeing a matinee showing of “300” this past Saturday at the Tehran Cineplex 12....
The NY Times today:
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, obliquely attacked the hit Warner Brothers film “300” in a televised speech to mark the Iranian New Year on Wednesday, Variety.com reported. While not mentioning the film, about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., by name, he accused Western powers of “trying to tamper with history by making a film and by making Iran’s image look savage.” Last week, his cultural adviser, Javad Shangari, declared the film “part of a comprehensive U.S. psychological warfare aimed against Iranian culture.” Warner Brothers said, “The studio developed this film purely as a fictional work with the sole purpose of entertaining audiences; it is not meant to disparage an ethnicity or culture or make any sort of political statement.”
I say "Good for him!" Those Spartans were and are jerks. Who needs them going around and gaying up the place.
And Kudos to Ahmadinejad for arresting those Brits for boarding the merchant vessals. The Limeys obviously didn't learn their lesson in 1812, when we went to war with them for basically the same offense.
A few more good ideas like this and maybe I will put Mahmoud back on my Christmas Card list.
Well it now looks like Ahmadinejad is going to take the high road with the Brits. Basically saying, "OK let's just say you were wrong and forget about it. And speaking of forgetting about it, don't ask us about the ships." The UK, for there part, said they will never do it again, whatever it was they did.
Mahmoud then gave the Irianian sailors medals and said they "were doin' a heckeva job".
