We got your “not meddling” right here, buddy. (Savor that Reuters headline, too.)

Man, if only there had been some precedent that would have allowed them to foresee this eventuality.*

Let your Œc. Vol. be the first to state, incidentally, that if his fears—which, as we saw, Robert Kagan argues are realized—about our Iran policy are true, if we are staying passive in order not to endanger our negotiations with the régime, then we are—narcissistically, cynically—objectively pro-fascist.

*Looks like we may have to set up a macro, boys.

Oh, and the banner says, “Freedom for Iran!” (Azadî bar Îrân!).

Update: Added the link that should have headed the post in the first place.

Special Update lagniappe: Here are some grounds for optimism. Obama says he doesn’t want to meddle in Iran, buuuuuuut…

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.