Couple of days ago the blogger Half Sigma expressed some skepticism about Iranians’ desire for democracy. He returned to the topic yesterday. There are good comment threads on both posts, with pros and cons both aired.

Is Iran’s population seething in anger at a rigged election? Or are the seethers just some segment of the urban middle classes? I have no idea, and am not convinced anyone knows. Seems to me there’s a lot of wishful thinking going around. U.S. politics is full of surprises. What does any of us know about Iranian politics?