GG_080530: IOZ of the Day

IOZ concisely states what is obvious and self-evident to everyone who might stop to think about it if not for the Media Blowhounds who crap out preformed opinions for those who don’t: The Iranian government seeks political advantage in the Middle East not because it dreams of the glory days of Xerxes but in order to maintain its national integrity and not, ya know, get conquered by America. — Orientalism —