[skeeter]

I think most reasonably well educated people in the west are well aware the Persians invaded Greece & were repelled both times, and most people know Persia was a great empire.

And any thinking person would understand that modern day Iranians would have a different view of Alexander the Great than do we in the west.

Its also true that our view is no less valid than their's.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I was listening to a history podcast a while back where the guy was making the point that, arguably, Alexander was worse than Hitler. The rationale was that Hitler, evil though he clearly was, thought that he was doing something for the greater good of the German people; there was some “cause” there, heinous as we find it. Alexander’s only cause was his own glory.