The whole Middle East and much of South Asia
were copied from the Persian. Not very well, but copied. :wry:
A rudimentary understanding of the Persians leads to basic knowledge of the ME. If a westerner has that, then he or she knows it is, as they say, a nice place to visit -- but you wouldn't want to live there. Yet we try. Foolishly. In hopes of changing 5,000 years of history ??? :rolleyes:
Whoops. Left out the reason I posted in the first place:
Good interview, Steve -- very informative. Depressing on the US action level but informative...