Sagacious Michael Ledeen is unimpressed with the conventional wisdom about Iran and its nuclear agenda, as exemplified by the Christian Science Monitor.
The Monitor says that "Reading the Islamic regime’s real intentions about harming Israel or assembling a nuclear weapon has been like watching a group of men wrestle in a tent–from the outside." But that is false. Even their own "pragmatist," Rafsanjani, loudly announced a few years ago that Iran would be delighted to drop an atomic bomb on Israel, even if there were a response in kind. It would be a good deal for Islam, Rafsanjani said, because half the world’s Jews would have been incinerated, while only a small fraction of the world’s Muslims would have died.
• Christian Science Monitor - Being Irate on Iran, but Wisely
• Technorati - Iran