shah, the shah of iran we know celebrated his 2,500 year of the shah in 1970s with that party where onassis flew in and so on and this is where you see a lot of tourists and what i was struck by you see a lot of iranians. because they come here to connect with their roots. it's a cultural pilgrimage to go there and remind themselves what an important and powerful and proud culture they are. that goes back 700 years before mohammed. that's in their dna more than islam, i think. these are not arabs. they're quick to tell you, we're not arabs. you westerners think we're arabs because we're muslims and most arabs are muslims but we are persians. we speak farsi. it's not the gulf of arabia, it's the persian gulf. get it straight. [applause] >> and, you know, one thought i had is i just -- i do not want to radicalize these people. these people are as good as they come when it comes to what they aspire for their children and so on. they happen to have different religion and culture than we do, but it was clear to me all of these people who are teachers and crafts people and mothers and you name it