Iran contd.
Daniel Larison, once again, has a well reasoned post on the Iranian issue. I quote only the final paragraph here:
The “coup” argument is a consensus view that fits a lot of existing prejudices, allows us to reaffirm pleasant myths about the virtues of popular government (which we are supposed to believe would have yielded a good result, were it not for those meddling fraudsters), and provides an excuse for moralistic posturing in which we get to flaunt our enthusiasm for democracy mostly for our own satisfaction. I am increasingly skeptical that it describes the events of the last few days.
I wonder if including Iran in the axis of evil was even bigger blunder than invading Iraq. At least there is no Saddam, and although the quagmire is worse now, it wasn’t a given when US initially invaded Iraq. Larison is absolutely right when he says that actions based on insufficient information have have been detrimental to US interest (and Middle East peace); that should be the reason to be even more careful in analyzing the current situation in Iran.
We have been hearing from the educated, internet savvy minority; do the majority Iranians, especially from rural and semi-urban parts, feel differently?
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