[DeaconRed]

Another good reason for me to win the lottery
So I can make sure every Iranian has a copy! ! !

[Cicero]

Xerxes Invades

The Bosporus presented the first obstacle. To cross it, Xerxes had a boat bridge built, with each boat attached to the next with planks. This was an enormous undertaking, for the bridge had to be over a mile long and involved many boats, and the sea of course had to remain perfectly calm.

The sea, evidently uninterested in Xerxes' campaign, did not remain calm. Time and again the boat bridge was nearly complete when winds and rough seas broke it apart. Xerxes was so exasperated with the god of the sea, so Herodotus tells us, that he commanded his slaves to whip the sea with chains.

It worked. The sea, properly chastened, behaved itself, the bridge was completed, and the Persian army crossed into Europe.

--The Persian Wars, Boise University web site.

[jetson]

who cares.

[texasmountainman]

If the Iranians don't like the movie, it must be worth watching.

[HawaiianGecko]

I haven't seen this movie, but I assume it covers the Persian Wars around 500BC since the author of this article mentions Greeks vs. Persians. The battle of Salamis determined whether or not there would even be a "western civilization" and since it was fought on Greek soil, not Persian lands the aggressor is rather obvious. Xerxes and all of his predecessors conquered lands and people since about 2800BC, so I have a very hard time understanding the complaint of the Iranians.
Then again maybe they are denying their imperialistic colonization throughout their history of nearly 5,000 years like they deny the holocaust.

[Caipirabob]

It's just a movie. A comic book on film. Were they this outraged over 9/11? Where's the petition?!?

If not, they can just STFUAD.

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is what I call "vicious truthing" and most recipients don't seem to like it.

[Azzurri]

Looks like I'm going to have to go check this flick out. Anything that irritates the Iranians can't be half bad.

[CPOSharky]

Wasn't that battle waaaaay before Mohammad and Islam even existed?

So why are they offended over something that happend to ancient ancestors who were invading another country?

Oh, they are muzzies, nevermind.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

" 'The film depicts Iranians as demons, without culture, feeling or humanity, who think of nothing except attacking other nations and killing people,' Ayende-No said in its article Tuesday."

Oddly enough, had recent dealings with these nasty little wogs not been so repulsive and distasteful, I would probably have erred on the side of caution for fear of offending. In light of recent events and in regard to Ayende-No's statement I must pose the question, and his point is? Islam's behavior is demonic, without culture, feeling or humanity, and you don't think about anything but attacking other nations and killing people. What's his beef?

[Fzob]

I'm shocked. Islamists are outraged over a cartoon again. Shocking.

[Spok]

Those rug jockeys are certainly touchy. I would like to see Hollywood come out with "The Last Temptation of Muhammad" or "Oh Allah!" and find out if they're as tough your average American Christian.

[Have Ruck - Will Travel]

"The hit American movie "300" has angered Iranians"

Okay, I'm sure there is a down-side here, but I just can't seem to think of it...

[BIGLOOK]

Read The Anabasis by Xenophon and you'll find that the Persians were outraged by Greek tactics and and military cohesion in the 4th century B.C. too.

[bondjamesbond]

Muslims Outraged By (fill-in-the-blank)

[bondjamesbond]

Muslims Outraged By (fill-in-the-blank)

[Czar]

"Iranians outraged by `300' movie"

Hollywood finally did something right...

[no-to-illegals]

The ragheads would be wise to close their traps, for as John Paul Jones once said, "I have not yet begun to fight." When one voice from American people does begin to fight, the ragheads and their vile cult will be history in a matter of hours. These ragheads again would be wise to shut their traps, for Americans will only take so much.

[JB in Whitefish]

It's about TIME Holly Weird pissed off somebody besides conservative America.......!!!

[G8 Diplomat]

It's pathetic...Iranians get offended for a potential 'insult' to their country, yet American liberals deliberately make films to insult their country (Fahrenheit 9/11, An Inconvenient Truth)

I'm not saying 300 is an insult to Iran, I actuallly think it's rather accurate: invading another country without a justified cause and trying to exterminate everyone in their path...sounds like radical Islam to me.