It appears from some sources that Moussavi is more deeply involved with the Iranian Revolution than Ahmadinejad. Also, Kosovo showed how difficult it is to know what is really going on in a civil struggle. The poll tax riots in Margaret Thatcher's Britain bore all the hallmarks of a non-spontaneous uprising. Bush was falsely accused of tearing up the Constitution.

However much I oppose President Obortion, I think his reference to not meddling is sound. Much though one would like to avoid any such action, the bombing of Osirak was a much more proportionate solution to the problem faced.