Michael Ledeen was a brilliant historian who dedicated his life to freedom, the lamp of liberty lit by the Judeo-Christian tradition of America and that West. His signature cause was vigilance against the threat to freedom posed by totalitarian regimes.
Always far-seeing, always three steps ahead in connecting the dots, Michael spotted in Iran’s revolutionary jihadism, in its patrons as well as its proxies, the threads now weaved into what may be the most formidable alliance ever arrayed against the United States. What knits our enemies together, he knew, is their fear of freedom. Michael understood that it was their kryptonite. That’s why he was its tireless champion.
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