Here. I should note that he and Pejman are quite right — I wrote “Arab countries” here, when I meant “Muslim countries,” (Iran being obviously not an Arab country) and I apologize for the misblog. In addition, while I have not read Ledeen’s book, I have read roughly 90% of his columns (I am a faithful NRO reader, after all — hi, Kathryn!) over the last few years, and it’s true that he’s written frequently about how to overthrow the mullahs. My point was not that he doesn’t have a plan, but that I’m unconvinced of the plan’s efficacy, and that I think it suffers from an unwarranted optimism about the power of the U.S. to bring about “democratic revolution” in the Muslim world. (And yes, I know, Reagan brought down the Soviet Union. But he had some help from within — and I don’t just mean the Soviet dissidents.)
Otherwise, I’ll let the arguments in this (much longer) post stand.
— Ross
The Dish 