You say you want a revolution

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Michael Ledeen recalls a Turkish General commenting on the problem of allying with the United States, saying, "You never know when the Americans are going to turn around and stab themselves in the back." Now that the conflict in Iraq is cooling down, the difficult part begins. The next step will be to build a democratic government in Iraq. However, those in Tehran are fighting against this, as if with their last breath. "We can never do Iraq by itself. Iran cannot have a free Iraq and Afghanistan. We will never have peace without Iran taken care of," Ledeen, a resident scholar in the Freedom Chair of the American Enterprise Institute, told Ted Koppel on Nightline. A democratic Islamic country next door would only embolden the citizens of Iran at a time that some say is oddly similar to the pre-1979 climate. Some nations seek to engage the Iranian mullahs, but that will only legitimate the mullocracy and prolong their existence. The United States should instead turn its back on Tehran, including the reformers inside the government, and provide assistance to those seeking to bring democracy to Iran. [Kuro5hin.org]