Mr. Ledeen,
I received “Machiavelli on Modern Leadership” for Christmas, as well as another of your recommended readings “Counterinsurgency Warfare” by Galula. Great work on the Machiavelli book. I enjoyed your Toqueville on America and War Against the Terror Masters greatly. Thank you for your hard work.
Being a student of Farsi language and culture in Northern Virginia, any cursory internet search reveals a pluthora of anti-Ahmadinezhad/Anti-regime cartoons, animations, music, printed material and so forth. I see Iranians ressurrecting their Zartoshti heritage, including a large array of Faravahar symbols on clothing and other media, disdaining Islam, and women rebelling against the Hijab. Conversations with young Iranians reveal an atmosphere so stimulated for change that it is breathtaking. Indeed, faster, please.
From ML:
Thanks, especially for the input on the Iranians. An Iranian friend of mine believes that if his countrymen were free, we would see an enormous revival of Zoroastrianism, and I see many signs of that.
