U.S. Army Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division, deploy from Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, heading to the U.S. Central Command area in response to events in Iraq, on Jan. 1, 2020. Capt. Robyn Haake/U.S. Army/AFP via Getty Images
The Middle East has ratcheted up a notch or two, and Iran is in the middle of it all.
Michael Ledeen
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Michael Ledeen is freedom scholar at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He has served as a consultant to the National Security Council and the departments of State and Defense, and as a special adviser to the Secretary of State. He is the author of 35 books, most recently “Field of Fight: How to Win the War Against Radical Islam and its Allies,” co-authored with retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn.