The Iran expert Michael Ledeen says he has no idea what’s going to happen. But there are signs that the regime is preparing for an all-out assault; and that they are panicking and the ayatollahs are at odds amongst themselves; and that, most interestingly of all, this: ...that there are cracks in the regime’s edifice, ranging from declarations of small groups of Revolutionary Guards calling on their brothers to defect to “the people,” to a phenomenon that is just beginning to be discussed here and there, mostly on the Net but originally in an Arab newspaper. Steve Schippert posted on it and did a first-class analysis. Steve starts with a report from al Arabiya that says
Wednesday, 24th June 2009
The Iran crisis moves closer to home
11:56pm
There is chatter in some quarters that the Iranian ‘green revolution' may be petering out. Well, it depends whom you’re reading.
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
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