Michael Ledeen thinks a revolution in Iran could be brewing:
The regime is in a real jam. The mullahs know the people hate them – even the timorous correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor in Tehran says that 90 percent of Iranians want democratic change, and 70 percent want drastic change – and they also know that their own instruments of repression are insufficient to deal with a massive insurrection. Many leaders of the armed forces have openly said they will side with the people if there is open civil conflict. Members of some of the most powerful institutions in the country have said that they believe more than half of the Revolutionary Guards will support the people in a frontal showdown. Ergo, the mullahs have had to import foreign thugs – described as “Afghan Arabs” in the popular press – to put down demonstrations.
Not an encouraging sign for the theocrats, is it?
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