Micheal Leeden is a hardcore neocon and one of the main architects of the Iraq war. He is just about the about least honest, least well informed, least trustworthy person on the Middle East. I would take anything he says with a big grain of salt. Leeden wants a full blown war with Iran and will tell any lie to get it, just like he did with Iraq.
The trolls are hitting the PJ Media piece rather hard, and I’d expect the same over here on Freerepublic. Interesting how important this topic seems to be to the Left. Misdirection for US domestic political events taking place right now?