The Obama Administration might try a reassessment of the kind now underway wrt to Afghanistan, and review the strategy of waiting to deal with the Iranian regime once things have cooled down. Things are heating up again over there and the regime is in trouble. Why isn’t this news? And why isn’t our government supporting the protesters? Oh, that’s right, it wouldn’t be diplomatic.

Ledeen is writing on the Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic III, refering to “a regime of zombies in Tehran”. Relevent to this discussion, “they can still do a lot of damage… to us. Early last week Khamenei summoned Afghan terrorist chieftain Gulbadin Hekhmatiar to Tehran, and told him to step up attacks against American and other Allied forces. Other Iranian-supported terrorist groups have received similar instructions.”

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/09/21/the-death-spiral-of-the-islamic-republic-iii/2/