Cracks In Iran

It is very hard to know what Ahmadinejad's poor showing in recent elections means, but any splits within the Iranian elite are well worth exploiting. His populism may be wearing thin; and the sanctions - and unified global response - seems to have had an impact. This Linda Secor piece from Sunday was encouraging; so is this in today's WSJ. I have no illusions about the "moderates" in Tehran's regime. But we'll have to deal with Iran at some point in the near future; and we're better off with a divided leadership, rather than a united one.