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A day that will live in history

I'm staggered by the speech at the UN today by the Iranians.

I will never forget this day.

4000 years later, and Western Civilization is still vexed by an explict expressed threat from the Persians.

When are we going to end this nightmare?

I'll be back later. I need to think a little bit more.

Men of Ionia, that what you are doing is not proper, campaigning against your fathers and wishing to enslave Greece.

It would be best if you came on our side. But if this is not possible, at least during the battle stand aside and also beg the Carians to do the same with you.

But if you can not do either the one or the other, if you are chained by higher force and you can not defect during the operations, when we come at hand, act purposedly as cowards remembering that we are of the same blood and that the first cause of animosity with the barbarians came from you.
(Herodotus, book VIII,22).

Written in 430 B.C.

Its as if we are the new Greeks and the Persian menace is still here.

Posted @ September 19, 2006 05:32 PM | Current Affairs

Comments

when you've figured it out let me know, okay? Because I feel the same way.

Posted by: theanchoress at September 19, 2006 08:04 PM

Hitler has just reoccupied the Rhineland and the world just shrugged its shoulders.

Posted by: Frank Martin at September 19, 2006 09:59 PM

Grecian wars references. Kewl.

So when and where will the new Thermopylae be?

And will the Thespians (UK) and the Spartans (Australia) once again bond with their Cousins here in the states and formally act as one against the looming Persian menace?

Posted by: JD at September 21, 2006 09:11 PM