I have to say it crossed my mind...

...that the US government might have had something to do with instigating the popular unrest in Iran after the controversial recent election. Apparently many other progressives have harbored similar suspicions. Over on CommonDreams.org, Reese Erlich argues convincing that the US and the CIA couldn't and didn't sponsor or manipulate the current Iranian uprising, and that the Iranian people could and did rise up for themselves.

[ I scheduled this post to appear on the 30th of June, but for some reason it didn't appear at that time. So I'm going to schedule it for Sunday the 5th of July. We'll see what happens.}