”Tis but a scratch’: Iran is bleeding out — and pretending it’s winning

In the annals of cinematic comedy, few scenes capture the sheer absurdity of pure, unadulterated denial quite like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dismembered arm by arm, standing on a single leg while actively bleeding onto the forest floor, the knight fiercely blocks King Arthur’s path. He aggressively dismisses his…