Iran Denounces 300

War epic 300, a gory portrayal of the Greco-Persian wars starring Gerard Butler, has drawn the wrath of Iranians for showing their ancestors as bloodthirsty savages. It tells the story of the 300 Spartan soldiers fighting off ancient Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae.

"It seeks to tell people that Iran, which is in the Axis of Evil now, has for long been the source of evil and modern Iranians' ancestors are the ugly murderous dumb savages you see in 300," fumed an Iranian newspaper on its front page. An advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the film as "American psychological warfare against Iran."

I don't hear them bitching about Al-Manar, Al-Jazeera, and Al-Arabia cranking out anti-American propaganda and spinning news to incite ever more Middle East violence.

Oh, and they seemed to have missed the fact that the movie is a huge gay leatherfest. Talk about gays in the military!
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