[Colonel Kangaroo]

I don't put much faith in anything Mr. Ledeen says about Iran. The man has been desperate in his desire for a US-Iran war. Zarqawi was a fanatic Shiite killer who probably hated Iran much more than he did Americans. Ledeen's view of the world reminds me of the ridiculous scene from the Naked Gun movie when all sorts of enemies of America from Gorbachev to Idi Amin meet in single purpose for a monolithic anti-American scheme. A book I would recommend with a different perspective and much different conclusion than Ledeen's is The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr.

[nuconvert]

The man has been desperate in his desire for a US-Iran war”

Actually, just the opposite. Ledeen is very much against our attacking Iran.

Anyway, the point is, alQaeda has been for yrs & is currently in Iran & working with Iranian regime. There is no question about it. You can find dozens of sources going back a dozen yrs.

BTW: You need to check your scorecard....Vali Nasr, is NOT one of the good guys and has been a source of bad information & bad advice (intentionally) for yrs, though Hillary seems to like him a lot.
I’m well aware of him...Nasr is a proponent of “regime-lite”. That’s why his conclusion & views are so different from Ledeen’s and others. He sang the praises of Khatami during his presidency, trying to convince the U.S. (indeed the West) that Khatami was a good guy & would be a force for change (again, regime-lite, not the end of the regime).
Unfortunately, many bought into it, until some finally realized that Khatami like all of the IRI’s presidents, was just a puppet of Khamenei’s.
But Nasr was suceessful in fooling important people who counted, and still does.