Episode 5254: Confusion Over The Objectives In Iran; The Real War We Are Facing In America Ideological Upheaval
First, what's always consistent and should be totally consistent is that when you read history of this area, whether it's Xenophon or was it Arion, any of the histories of this, it's always, wait for it, you're getting double dealt the entire time.
Episode 5254: Confusion Over The Objectives In Iran; The Real War We Are Facing In America Ideological Upheaval
The whole purpose of Xenophon, the march up country, the mercenary army, the Greeks, they go in there, they're going to get paid by the Persians because Darius and one of his brothers, and they're always fighting each other.
Episode 5254: Confusion Over The Objectives In Iran; The Real War We Are Facing In America Ideological Upheaval
The whole area is just, the history is just, it's almost incomprehensible in the 21st century to read the histories of the brutality of the whole region.
Episode 5254: Confusion Over The Objectives In Iran; The Real War We Are Facing In America Ideological Upheaval
It's you're like your jaw drops, the barbarity, the savagery of the people trying to conquer it and not conquering people holding it and tearing down a temple and then trying to build a temple again.
Episode 5254: Confusion Over The Objectives In Iran; The Real War We Are Facing In America Ideological Upheaval
Because their word, like in the Judeo-Christian West, when you sign a contract, hey, I got a contract, or make a deal, or I shake, I give you a handshake, because a handshake's better than a contract, because it's your word.