Embracing Iran: Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett

by Winfield Myers  •  May 10, 2010 at 3:21 pm

http://www.campus-watch.org/blog/2010/05/embracing-iran-flynt-and-hillary-mann-leverett

	Flynt Leverett

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett have emerged as America's foremost apologists for the tyrannical Islamist regime in Iran. Writing at American Thinker, Janet Doerflinger explores the Leveretts' shameless efforts to whitewash Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the mullahs:

Flynt Leverett and his wife Hillary Mann Leverett, both former officials of the National Security Council, are prominent advocates for appeasing Iran, a case they make in a steady stream of articles, public appearances, and postings on their website, raceforiran.com. He has a perch at the New America Foundation and teaches at Penn State; she is CEO of SRATEGA, an energy and political risk consulting firm, and is a fellow at Yale's new Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

After leaving the Bush administration in 2003, the Leveretts utilized their talent for self-promotion to sell the myth that the Iranian government had made a sterling peace offer that was heedlessly spurned by the incompetent, warmongering neo-cons. This line was eagerly embraced by Bush-hating media, who made the Leveretts minor celebrities and launched their post-government careers. The prop they brandished in their drama was the "Guldimann fax" received by the State Department in May 2003.

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