Michael Ledeen is at it again

Remember one of the early dicta of Machiavelli: If you are victorious, everyone will judge your methods to have been appropriate. If you lose, you're a bum.

Ledeen is blasting the "new" give ther Baathists power policy as a sell out and refers us to some Iraq blogs. Example one an Iraqi (Iraq at a glance)talking about the old line Baathist officers we are now putting in charge

they never give an ear to what the Iraqi people demand..those officers were killing the Iraqi soldiers everyday : ?give me 50000D and I?ll let you go back home for a week? ? I want you to buy ... for me and I?ll let you see your family for 3 days?,

Iraq the model has a dam good piece too

I hope that the fools who were asking us to carry Ak-47 and fight the terrorists are happy now. Some Iraqis have done that, and if nothing serious is done, others will sure join them.

Iraq etc. also lets us know what he thinks of the criminal UN coming back. Another blog called Hammorabi really sets into this scheme

Well there are two kinds of Baathists and two kinds of jobs. Those who are big members in the previous regime and some of the small members especially among the security forces are criminals in a way or another. They should not be allowed to come back until cleared by special courts. If PB and the CPA allowed it to happen without taking in consideration the victims of the mass graves and the other atrocities it will be a very big mistake which may add misery to the already miserable and very tense situation.

And that is just a taste of what he is saying and from INSIDE Iraq. On the other hand, Iraq & Iraqi's is far more optimistic due to the obvious (to him) progress. He comments about the goods available everywhere and the jobs. He says this about security

there is much difference between security situation in Baghdad and the other cities of Iraq. And it?s much better in the rest of Iraq. That?s what our friends and relatives in those cities are telling us.

And I am sure that the security situation in Iraq in general is better that many European and American cities,?? its just the people in Iraq are not familiar with such situation,

In other words from all concerned, the Media is telling everyone things are much worse than they are, including FOX.