Discovery Sr. Fellow John Wohlstetter (author, The Long War Ahead: And the Short War Upon Us) was on the Dennis Miller program today discussing the so-far inadequate response of President Obama to the sham election in Iran and the need for a new, internationally supervised election.

Time is important. The anti-Ahmadinejad demonstrations are widely supported, but not well organized. The government owns the power of force and the will to use it. If the White House imagines that failing to state a stronger view will somehow appease Ahmadinejab, they haven't been paying attention. As Wohlstetter says, our President apparently is being put to school the way Jimmy Carter was, but the lesson has not yet sunk in. Is this the crisis (as I suggested in this blog) that Joe Biden had in mind when, during the campaign, he predicted one within six months of the new Administration?

John Wohlstetter also says on the Miller show, there may well be connections between Iran and North Korea (remember "the Axis of Evil"?). And, meanwhile, Al Qaida is watching closely, as are Iran's clients, Hezbollah and Hamas.

Almost unnoticed, Mohammed El Baradei, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is stating about as plainly as possible that Iran seeks nuclear arms.

Some mullahs are breaking away from the theocratic core in Iran and its current driving force, the security services. Division grows. The legitimacy of the government is being undermined. The least we can do is show moral support for the cause of real democracy and reform.