Tough to decide if this is unsettling news, or optimistic. The idea of Iran losing what little rocker it has isn’t a fun one to contemplate, but the West ought to realize that the situation can be exploited to good effect, if we’re willing to change tack away from straight up “engagement.”

I suppose the fun scenario would be to wholeheartedly back the Iranian populace while behind the scenes playing the two factions off each other. Mousavi doesn’t sound like a much better customer than Ahmedinejad, but if we backed him, he’d more likely be beholden to us.

Ah well, in any event, more information in one of Wretchard’s posts than two hours of watching CNN/FOX.