Friday, April 14, 2006

Movie "High Noon" & Iran


The situation in Iran is very much like the 1952 western movie High Noon. In High Noon Gary Cooper is the town Marshall who just married Grace Kelly. He is retiring as Marshall and heading out of town for his honeymoon when he learns that a gang of desperadoes, he put in prison, are out out and headed to his town for revenge. They will arrive on the Noon train. His wife wants him to leave and not fight. Cooper wants to stay as he knows the gunslingers will follow him wherever he goes and staying is the honorable thing to do. He asks the town folks to help but they all have various reasons why it's not their fight and he ends up alone to face the gang . It's kind of like the situation with Iran. George W Bush plays to part of Garry Cooper. Grace Kelly plays to part of the liberals who want to run. The cowardly town folks are the nations of the United Nations who refuse to help and the desperadoes are played by Iran . Do not forsake me oh my darling...... Is it High Noon yet?