[John Carey]

Persia is a modern WESTERN nation. They just gor hijacked in 1979 by a bunch of Islamic extremists. They ARE NOT a backward Arab nation.

See: http://peace-and-freedom.blogspot.com/

[kinoxi]

How does my statement conflict with yours?

[American in Israel]

They ARE NOT a backward Arab nation.

Now they are. They were Persian, but then so was Egypt. Now they are just another Islamic Hellhole.

As for their technology, they have the finest money can buy, and Russia and China are selling. We however, are not. This is nothing but a trainer modified to hold two missiles, which is as powerful as a UAV, only with a much larger radar cross section. God help the pilot that goes against an F18 with that, cause Allah certainly won't.

[rlmorel]

They are Persians, not Arabs. That much I can agree with you on.

I know plenty of Iranians. I like them, in general. I went to A School in the Navy with them, went to college with them, and work with them.

I disagree that they are a modern western nation. They were on their way, but since the Shah was stabbed in the back by the US Government, they are materially no different than any other country over in the Middle East.

Any resemblance Iran has to a modern western country is a residue of the past.

[rmlew]

Persia is a modern WESTERN nation. They just gor hijacked in 1979 by a bunch of Islamic extremists. They ARE NOT a backward Arab nation.
1. Persia ain't western.
2. This is an enlarged F-5 Freedom fighter. Looks like 1970's tech to me.