[National Review/AEI] Michael A. Ledeen - What's going on in the Middle East is war, and it now runs from Gaza into Israel, through Lebanon and thence to Iraq via Syria. There are different instruments, ranging from Hamas in Gaza to Hizballah in Syria and Lebanon and on to the multifaceted "insurgency" in Iraq. But there is a common prime mover, and that is the Iranian mullahcracy, the revolutionary Islamic fascist state that declared war on us 27 years ago and has yet to be held accountable. For those who doubt the Iranian hand, remind yourself that Hizballah is a wholly owned subsidiary of the mullahcracy (with Syria providing some supplies, and free run of the territory). Iran has been at war with us all along, because that's what the world's leading terror state does. The scariest thing about this moment is that the Iranians have convinced themselves that they are winning, and we are powerless to reverse the tide. We cannot escape the mullahs. We must either defeat them or submit to their terrible vision.
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