303 @ 26,

Agreed, many of the opposition probably have played large roles in Iranian events in the last decade – nuke development, Hez and Hamas, killing Americans in Iraq, etc.

But the enemy of my enemy is my friend; and at some point, we must be able to turn former enemies into allies. See the U.S. Civil War and Iraq’s Sunni insurgents.

Any crack in the dam of “Death to America” and “Wipe Israel off the map” has to be welcomed, though perhaps with semi-open arms. History is replete with men of ill repute who were able to change their spots in the midst of crisis (see Han Solo in Star Wars). Mousavi has defied Khameini; just for that, I’ll give the bastard the benefit of the doubt for a while.