Iran Skeptic

Diana West in the Jewish World Review.

The worst thing that could happen next, at least for the absolute, non-contestable pundit-ocracy, is that it becomes clear we're looking at an intra-Islamic power struggle that has nothing to do with liberty and justice for anybody.

If this happens, the next question becomes: At what point do said pundits change the color of their Twitter avatars (Joe Scarborough) and their blog backgrounds (Andrew Sullivan) back from Islam green? And will they ever apologize for the fuss?

Dream on. There's something about commenting on the Middle East — really, commenting on Islam — that causes pundits never to say they're sorry. Even if Iran's protests reflect a theocratic power struggle between rival mullahs — namely, between Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who backs Mir Hossein Mousavi, and Ali Khamenei, who backs Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it will just be time to move on.

This blog failed to jump on the bandwagon, mostly out of laziness, but partly also because I just had a bad feeling about the whole situation. Maybe my instincts were correct. Time will tell.