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| Iran says new film is "psychological war" |
| 2007-03-21 |
EHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused some major powers on Wednesday of waging psychological war on Iran, saying they had made a film designed to portray Iranians as savage. Ahmadinejad did not name the film but his comments appeared to be directed at the Hollywood blockbuster "300" that depicts a 480 B.C. battle between Greeks and Persians. The film has topped box office charts in the United States and Asia. Many Iranians see "300" as part of a broader campaign to vilify the Islamic Republic, which is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program. The West accuses Iran of trying to make nuclear weapons. Tehran denies the charge. "Today they are trying to tamper with history by making a film and by making Iran's image look savage," Ahmadinejad said in a televised address to mark the start of the Iranian New Year. He said the campaign against Iran would not succeed. Iranian officials, media and bloggers have criticized the way their ancestors were portrayed in the film, inspired by the tale of 300 Spartans under King Leonidas who held out at Thermopylae against a Persian invasion led by Xerxes. "By psychological war, propaganda and misuse of the organizations they have themselves created, and for which they have written the rules, and over which they have a monopoly, they are trying to prevent our nation's development," he said. I, for one, look forward to the DVD Director's Cut release of "Ishtar". |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #9 And this, from a government that wants it's citizens to forget Cyrus the Great (the Lord's Shepard) by flooding the valley wherein his sepulchre lies. |
| Posted by: Xenophon 2007-03-21 21:35 |
| #8 Iran says new film is "psychological war" When dealing with a collective ego the size of Mt. Everest that has a soap bubble's wall thickness, everything is a form of "psychological war". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-21 20:57 |
| #7 Many Iranians see "300" as part of a broader campaign to vilify the Islamic Republic, which is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program. With Ahmadinutjob and the MMs, they don't need any help vilifying the "Islamic Republic" - they're doing a bang-up job on their own. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-03-21 16:22 |
| #6 The Persian leader was one of the few non-deformed fellows on the Persian side, I'm not sure what they're complaining about. Bunch of whiners. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-03-21 14:40 |
| #5 I say we make up to the Iranians, by making a film that GLORIFIES the Iranian empire. Lets use the words "shah", "shah of shahs" and "peacock throne" as much as possible. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-03-21 14:11 |
| #4 My bad on the cut n paste - I retyped some of it - that should be BC on the 480 date. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-03-21 13:30 |
| #3 Fred Thompson already knocked this one down. The comic-book movie 300 about the Spartans and the Persians in 480 A.D. is still breaking box-office records. Now it seems the rulers of modern-day Persia — Iran — are not amused. 300, shows a small band of Spartans saving the lives of their countrymen and the seeds of modern democracy by kicking the much larger Persians forces effectively in the backside at Thermopylae until the shear numbers overwhelmed them. If I remember my history, that’s exactly what happened. But the Iranians have filed a flurry of complaints with the United Nations, claiming 300 is “cultural and psychological warfare.” Who are these guys who are getting all flushed over our cultural insensitivity? People who want to blow Jews off the face of the earth. The regime that stormed our embassy in 1979* and kept Americans captive for 444 days. Iran’s Hezbollah puppets have killed more Americans, than any other terrorist group except al Qaeda. Explosive devices from Iran are being used right now against our soldiers in Iraq. They’re clearly more skittish about cultural warfare than the sort that actually kills people — like the one against Israel that Iran financed just a few months ago. I must say that I’m impressed that Hollywood took on a politically incorrect villain. Must have run out of neo-Nazis. So now these sensitive souls in Iran think that Hollywood is part of a U.S. government conspiracy to humiliate them into submission. I can only wish we were that effective. From his Paul Harvey piece a few days ago, by way of NAtional Review and I found it at Coloradans For Fred Thompson |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-03-21 13:28 |
| #2 Maybe for the remake they can add a deranged, syphillitic little dwarf as a character? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-21 13:23 |
| #1 If it's psychological war, then he just lost and might as well surrender now. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-03-21 13:22 |