If there was ever any doubt that National Review's Michael Ledeen wants a US war with Iran, consider this analysis that he offers of the current state of al Qaeda --
I think there is a case to be made for the view that al Qaeda as such no longer exists. Its shattered remnant limped into Iran after the liberation of Afghanistan, and the top leadership has operated from Iran ever since. At a minimum, Zawahiri et. al. (I think bin Laden died of his medical problems some time ago; we haven't seen him on video for something going on three years) are subject to an Iranian veto. Al Qaeda may now be an integrated component of the Iranian terror network: Hizbollah, Islamic Jihad, Revolutionary Guards/Qods Force, Hamas.
Nowhere does the post mention Pakistan, nor explain how all the evidence that al Qaeda remains alive and well on the Pakistan-Afghan border is consistent with his theory. Incidentally, Charles Krauthammer also managed to write an entire column on central fronts in the war on terror without mentioning Pakistan so there appears be a new blind spot amongst the neocons.
No comments:
Post a Comment