Charles:

two stories to look at on the iran issue, both at hot air last i checked. the first is they have found another photoshop attempt by the regime, this time to make their pro-regime protests look bigger than they are.

Meanwhile, a big cleric over there has denounced the election, for reasons that are obvious to pretty much everyone who thinks. and actually that is more or less his argument. its a giant “no duh!”

can’t offer links. sorry long story, but go over and check it out.

personally i am cautiously optimistic that the regime will go down. and yeah, mousavi might not be better in the short term, but he might end up being a transitional figure, like Yeltsin, who oversees the fall and then is shoved aside by the new kids.