Also do not doubt that America has a presence in the area. We are likely working covertly with opposition groups to supply funding and intel. Due to the Plame Affair it is open public knowledge that we have CIA assets in Iran, and judging by how the State Department intervened to change Twitter’s downtime, the administration is firmly in the protesters camp.

But we cannot intervene directly or else we would undermine domestic support for the opposition groups when they need it most.