Squashed

Mitt Romney, and a number of other Republicans, are encouraging Obama to speak out against the (purported) reelection of Ahmadinejad. If the results were actually fraudulent, I can support this—but the last thing we should do is incorrectly insist that a (more or less) free election was fraudulent. The last thing Iran’s reform movement needs is to be painted as a U.S. project. And if we’re going to get involved in the internal strife of another country, we should at least try to be on the majority’s side.