They were holding off amwerican forces
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This is all I had in mind. Hope it helped, Jon.
I think you wanted to know whether the statement in question is true or false. Based on this assumption, i am answering the question. It is a true fact that during the height of the Persian Empire, Persians were dismissive of art believing it to be a waste of time that could be better spent on important work.
Another cause of tension was that the Soviet Union was trying to spread communism. The U.S. was against communism and they took leadership of containment policy. The Containment policy was the U.S. approach to trying to prevent communism spreading.