Fascinating History in the Making in Iran

and almost nobody seems to be covering it except Andrew Sullivan. What’s up with that? Drudge covers it a bit, but one hardly gets a sense of the dramatic shift that seems to be happening there. One sometimes gets the sense that, with American media, if we aren’t the people getting rid the loon at the helm of despotism, then it doesn’t really count. Also, at least some corners seem to radiate a sense of disappointment–as though they want Iran to continue to be a Scary Bad Guy or else it will be hard to concoct our next casus belli in the Grand End to Evil Long Term Plan. No more “faster please” urgings toward war if reasonable voices prevail there.

Anyhow, we’ll see.