Thermopylae movie- "300"

Here is the one problem I have with this whole theory: nobody in America knows that Persia and Iran are one and the same!

Last Friday, I went and randomly questioned some random 15 individuals who had seen this movie. My results were interesting:

7 of the 15 did not know that Thermopylae was a real battle.

Only 4 out of the 7 had any idea where Thermopylae was.

10 out of 15 could not tell you the area in which Persia is today.

15 out of 15 did not know that the Iranians are considered Persians. (Ethnically speaking.)

Here is the big whammy:

15 out of 15 did not take the movie as a serious history project.

In short, no one in America even thought about Iran until they heard about the uproar from the Iranians. To be truthful, most Americans consider Iran a tiny unimportant state that has the eternal goal of causing a crisis here and there so it can gain attention. Nobody, and I mean nobody, would ever associate a great and powerful ancient superpower (Persia) with Iran.

If anything, we would associate the Persians with the United States. Think about it. America is a Hyperpower, Persia was the Hyperpower of the ancient world. America  has been annexing smaller states for no real reason, Persia did the same in the film. The Persians have a God-complex, well so do most Americans. And because we Americans have a problem with our country right now (in fact we Americans have a problem with pretty much everything right now) we would be happy to watch a political charged anti- American movie.

No, this film was the farthest from physiological warfare against the Iranians. In fact, the common perception of Iranians in the West- crazies who are always picking a fight over something -is only being heightened by the continued persecution of this film.