Oh, do I literally hate to read such comments. Guess why?
Read comment# 6 and what I wrote in comment# 8. You can't understand an enemy without some knowledge of their history. I wrote it for the history prior to the 1950s.
Saw your comments and generally agree. History is a good thing and I won't even question the historical account. Its the spin under which it was presented by the 'historian' which I object to. There is a bunch of people out there now trying to create the no-confront approach to Iran right now.