https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2008/07/10/sometimes-you-can-be-too-tricky-for-your-own-good/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 06:53:23 -0400<![CDATA[I&#8217;m talking about Iran, of course.  Here Robert Fox of The Guardian looks at the mullahs&#8217; endless flipflops about nukes, negotiations, and so forth.  His bottom line is that they are too tricky by half, and they are quite possibly headed down the same suicidal road as Saddam took when he kept sticking his finger in Western eyes and noses.  Fox is certainly no advocate of military action against Iran, but he is smart and realistic enough to know that military action happens, and as often as not it happens because of confusions, suspicion and ambiguity, rather than because of strategic calculation.]]>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:11:21 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2008/07/10/sometimes-you-can-be-too-tricky-for-your-own-good-n186084