Tuesday, May 25, 2004

A lighter Ledeen

Michael Ledeen, who is usually telling of the dangers from Iran with his "faster please" sense of urgency, has actually written a somewhat light-hearted column. He provides a bunch of quotes from senior Shiite clerics in Najaf denouncing Sadr, and then concludes with "The only thing they might have added is the impressive obesity of the man. I mean, how does one explain that a religious leader of the poor and downtrodden is one of the fattest guys in the Middle East? He's certainly not calorie challenged."