> I think we can take for granted that the main source of the opposition
> in Iran is endogenous. But that does not exclude that the CIA and the
> Mossad may be trying to exploit the situation to advance their
> agendas. In fluid situations, a little push well applied can
> precipitate a cascade of events. That's what these "services" do for
> a living.
That's exactly what the right wing used to say about the European peace movement, inter alia, but substitute KGB for CIA. They were right about that, about as much as you're right about this. Back then the left called it a gratuitous smear, and were right to do so.
SA