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Michael Ledeen
The Brothel Named Iran
I’ll bet you haven’t seen very much news about Iran during the past week or 10 days, have you? And yet there’s been lots of news.
JFK Airport Bombing Trial Gets Underway — Anyone Home at the NY Times?
The Times sees fit to cover the momentous trial ... but in the Local News section. With a vague headline that buries the story further still.
Wanna Fight? How About Sushi at Three Paces?
On the JournoList, Spencer Ackerman wrote, "Let’s just throw Ledeen against a wall. Or, pace Dr. Alterman, throw him through a plate glass window." Not surprisingly, Michael proffers a much more civilized counter-proposal, instead — which Ackerman accepts. Update: Or not.
Iranian Revolt Against Khamenei Begins?
The opposition is gaining strength and coherence, while the regime itself is fracturing and lacks an effective strategy to quench the flow of public criticism and rebelliousness.
Revolution, Iranian and Otherwise
Tell the truth: you don't really know what a revolution looks like, do you?
More Cracks in the Mullahs’ Regime?
The death spiral of the Islamic Republic seems to be gathering momentum.
Seeing Iran Plain
Orwell once said, "To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." Making sense of both Iran's wars by proxy, and the internal war of the regime against its citizens doubly so.
Iran Wimps Out
Iran has canceled sending an aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip — and the details are delicious.
The Failed Frontal Assault of Fareed Zakaria
The statist — and stasist — fantasies of the Newsweek/WaPo journalist.
I was an anti-Communist Kindergarten Spy for the CIA!
In 1948, was Michael Leeden a six-year-old junior James Bond?
Has Iran Made Promises to Turkey?
Does Turkey's Erdogan dream of a new Ottoman Empire? Has Iran dazzled him with promises of support?
The Spy Who Came In from the Heat
Meet Nazak Afshar, aka "Agent Lily," the French half of the spy swap with Iran, thanks to a deal brokered by Jacques Chirac.
Terror ‘Expert’ Brennan Sees a Kinder, Gentler Hezbollah
He wants to build up the Hezbollah "moderates." Perhaps we should offer them health care coverage?
Obama’s Folly: Censoring Americans
We should be very concerned about Obama's attempt to eliminate certain words and phrases from American policy documents and statements concerning Islam. (Don't miss PJTV's Censorship of Islamic Terminology: A Call for a Congressional Inquiry)
Today, We Are All Israelis
Will we join with the great majority of our fellow citizens and insist that Israel is entitled to greater respect than her enemies and that our leaders must recognize that Israel’s enemies are our enemies too? (Text of Michael Ledeen's speech today at the rally for Israel in New York City.)
The Iranian Bomb: Within a Month?
Michael Ledeen reads between the lines of the news coming of Tehran and replies, "Slower, please."
Obama as Undergrad
What happens when the stereotypical American undergrad from the stereotypical Ivy League college in the age of PC becomes POTUS?
Why Won’t the Left Acknowledge the Death Spiral of the Iranian Regime?
Once blind supporters of communism, leftists don't want to admit that others have taken up the revolutionary cause.
Obama’s Emerging American Tyranny
The would-be tyrants may prevail, but the American people have the numbers and a superior vision.
Supreme Leader Khamenei Tries to Put Out the Fire
A secular holiday celebrated for thousands of years has been banned by the leadership because it may allow protestors to show their disgust with the government. (See also Claudia Rosett: "What Now for Nowruz?")
David Brooks, Report for Reeducation
The New York Times columnist is quite wrong when he says that the tea party movement is "radically anticonservative."
Iranian Clocks: Tick Tock, Tick Tock
I can imagine that the Israelis think they know the timetable for the Iranian atomic bomb, but I don’t think anyone has the schedule for the regime’s final days. (Also read Roger L. Simon: Iran: From Bad to Worse)
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