(The American Prowler) Jed Babbin - According to Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute, the mullahs recently conducted a poll that found that only about 4% of the Iranian people thought the government was legitimate. Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah's son, said that Iran is a "ticking time bomb" that may explode in the mullahs' faces, but all that Iran needs now is for President Bush to "stay on message." He believes the people of Iran are "getting fed up" and may soon rid themselves of the mullahs. One of the ways for us to knock off the Axis of Evil is to help the oppressed peoples of those nations overthrow the tyrants themselves.
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