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Thursday, August 21, 2003

# Posted 10:15 AM by Patrick Belton  

LEDEEN ON STAYING THE COURSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Michael Ledeen pens a superb piece in yesterday's Sun (another version of which appeared in the Telegraph), reminding his readers that the nation confronts a stark choice - between continuing to work, despite Tuesday's attack, to bring freedom to the Iranians, Syrians, and Saudis whose ruling elites are the paymasters of the region's terrorists; or demonstrating to the partisans of terror that those of freedom can always be sent home by a well-placed bomb of adequate size.

The entire piece is worth reading, but to highlight one favorite passage:
The U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and his British counterpart, Jack Straw, often speak as if they believe we could actually enlist Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran in the war against terror, which is rather like Roosevelt convincing himself that he could enlist Hitler and Mussolini in a war against Japan following Pearl Harbor.
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