The full interview with Dr. Ledeen is now available on the One Jerusalem audio page. It's more than double the length of the highlight clips I played as part of Wednesday's show. If you haven't heard the Wednesday show, by the by, you should hit the widget on the MR sidebar or hop directly to the Blog Talk Radio page. There are still no people calling in but other than that I've almost entirely managed to make the equipment not be broke.

The full interview gets into a lot more detail about the scope of the Iranian threat and about internal Iranian political dynamics. At one point there's a kind of an indirect crash course on the Iranian hierarchy, which will be useful if you're participating in one of those "who's getting arrested today" fantasy leagues that have been springing up. There's also a series of musings on exactly what species of stupid must be swaying our historically-stunted diplomatic community. "What would they have to believe to think that" is always an interesting question, though it'd be a lot more entertaining if it wasn't for their Memento-like approach to Iranian engagement wasn't pushing the Middle East into nonconventional war.

Two final teaser quotes to sweeten the pot on the full interview: (1) Dr. Ledeen answers the question "where do you see the next 6 months going inside of Iran" and (2) there's an extended discussion about Tehran palace intrigue that culminates in the line "people very close to them are betraying them." Genuine inside baseball stuff.

In the meantime you obviously should grab Ledeen's new book Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West. If there was any sense in the world it'd be required reading in the White House. Instead Obama and his staff are engrossed in a book about how the White House needs to be wary of Pentagon wartime advice. What could go wrong?

References:
* AUDIO EXCLUSIVE :: Michael Ledeen, Author of 'Iran & The War Against the West' -- Full Interview! [One Jerusalem]
* Michael Ledeen - Iran's Accomplices To Evil [The Omri Ceren Show]
* Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West by Michael Ledeen [Amazon]
* Reading "Lessons in Disaster" in the White House [Politico]

Previously:
* Khamenei Seizes Control Of Iranian Republican Guard Militias, Installs Son As Head Thug
* HuffPo: Conservatives "Insist The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion Are Real"
* The Omri Ceren Show - Wednesday At 2pm PST - Michael Ledeen On His New Book "Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West"