I think the level of casualties is secondary... [A]ll the great scholars who have studied American character have come to the conclusion that we are a warlike people and that we love war... What we hate is not casualties but losing.
Michael A. LedeenThe "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.
Michael A. LedeenThey must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission.
Michael A. Ledeen