Michael Ledeen: Neo-Wobbly
(posted by Mona)
When does a warmongering neocon — and documented liar about his pro-war enthusiams — wax all righteous about the plight of workers and the glory of unions? When he also implicitly (but with implausible deniability) longs for war against the country they live in. My emphasis:
The key to regime change in Iran is support for the people, most of whom detest their oppressors and would probably be willing to take action if they felt they would receive real support from the outside world. Sanctions will not get us there; only real support will do it.
For such as the execrable Ledeen, “real support” would constitute bombs and war. But as is usual with Ledeen and other neocons, he seldom explicitly state what he means. “War? Me advocate war with Iran? By God, you defame me!” pffft
In reality, Ledeen would advocate adopting the Internationale as the anthem of the GOP if he thought it would help push the United States into war with Iran.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Was it Michael Ledeen that said he still idolized Trotsky? Or was that Schwartz?
Ledeen is severely disconnected from reality, even his own prior actions are warped through his delusions.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Uh, what planet is Ledeen living on?
Didn’t the CPA leave in place all of Saddam’s draconian anti-labor regulations when it took over state industry? Hasn’t the Iraqi puppet regime repeatedly ransacked the headquarters of the Iraqi labor federation, and seized its assets? Hasn’t it given similar treatment to the Iraqi Freedom Congress, which includes the organized labor movement as one of its components?
March 8th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Kevin: Yes to all of the above. As for Ledeen, he lives in Neocon World, where reality is whatever it must be to keep the United States at Perpetual War.
March 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Oh, and golly gee: I seem to recall the folks in Neocon World are agin Shia theocracies and enforced wearing of headscarves. But Saddam’s overthrow was the one way of almost guaranteeing both those outcomes (something Bush Sr. was smart enough to understand; I think the best part of Junior ran down his leg). And it doesn’t help that the U.S. and its puppet government are actively suppressing the one movement that’s both genuinely democratic *and* secular–that same IFC.