Iran
I just started taking a Farsi class at ASU this week, and read the interview with Reza Pahlavi in this weekend's Wall Street Journal with some interest, beyond my regular interest in Iran.
What's interesting to me in particular of course is the knowledge that a military strike on Iran would be a bad idea, yet I am training to enter the military and learning Farsi. It is an interesting "feature" of our system that it is possible to train to invade a country, but not really possible to train to assist in a local democratic revolution. Wouldn't it be nice to have some sort of 'Agency of Regime Change" that Americans can join if they want to help foster democratic revolution in enemy states.
UPDATE: Here are some pictures of the recent protests
