[.cnI redruM]

I thought Bill Clinton said the Iranians were Progressives.

[Uncle Miltie]

Perhaps Mr. Ledeen can muster the Democrats, extra divisions and international support required for a direct assault on the Iranian and Syrian regimes.

If not, I suggest he restrict his prescriptions to the possible. That includes moral, diplomatic, economic, and perhaps covert support of the counter-revolutionaries.

Bush never said the B-52's were warmed up and ready for the signal.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

"Bush, you told us to rise up, and so we have. Why don’t you act?"

A prediction: if history is unkind to Bush, it will be because he was too dove-ish, not too hawkish. We need to be more decisive, more aggressive.

[Valin]

I thought Bill Clinton said the Iranians were Progressives

They are.

"Iranian authorities beat up and tear gassed exuberant young revellers"

[Pelayo]

Wow... NRO invocked Machiavelli against Bush.

[Bon mots]

Hmmm... the cops over there look scary. Good thing they're mostly covered up.

[King Prout]

AZADI ping!

[norton]

Reading through the various Iran posts over the last year or so it has struck me that the Iranian opposition, including their US based exile supporters, are naive about what it takes to overthrow the mullahs.

"Bush, you told us to rise up, and so we have. Why don’t you act?"

... ...Might be a sign of that naivete or merely a journalist's cheap shot at GWB ("Faster, confound it."). Whatever it is, the Iranian opposition needs to understand that no one will step in to stop or support on and off demonstrations or because of an email report from the opposition that is probably overblown in its estimate of arrests, beatings, etc.

There will have to be a serious and broad based movement such as appears to exist in Lebanon; absent that it's going to be a long haul.

[NutCrackerBoy]

Faster, confound it. -Michael Ledeen

I knew the variation on faster, please would be a gooser on this piece, because it especially applies. Even liberal outlets who have grudgingly jumped on the bandwagon have been saying the USA needs to keep its foot on the gas pedal during this phase.

[Wiz]

"Bush, you told us to rise up, and so we have. Why don’t you act?"

I've seen some messages on the Internet from the Iranians that they hope for support but not by military actions, and on this news, the protesters are asking for support. What do they want President to do? Attack or not? Or do they want weapons smuggled in their country?

[nuconvert]

"Carpe Diem, Mister President.
But above all, the clever stratagem adopted by the administration ignores Machiavelli’s greatest lesson: Leadership is all about winning and losing, not about elegance and deep thinking"

"Don't stand back and admire the flames. Push the dictators in,"

INDEED!
I hope they heed your words, Dr. Ledeen.

[SunkenCiv]

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