Quote Originally Posted by Misha Tal View Post
First, they're not a race. [..] So, my statement wasn't a racy one. [..] A racist is the last thing I could be, hand on my heart.
Wow! With that kind of words play you could do a fair politician. So, based on what you said, I can safely say something like French are this bad and that bad, and I won't be racist, because French is not a race. Ok, so if you insist on the strict meaning of that word, your statement wasn't racist, but chauvinistic. Would your really prefer a chauvinist over a racist? I don't really see much practical difference.

To tell the truth, Persians is a nation like any other nations with some of the Persians reliable and others are not. Also, when it comes to the foreign politics only rare nations perhaps could boast reliability in alliances.