Iran_NP1 Awakens_VVZ Yet_RR Again_RT Iran_NP1 ,_, its_APPGE internal_JJ fissures_NN2 exposed_VVN as_CSA never_RR before_RT ,_, is_VBZ teetering_VVG again_RT on_II the_AT brink_NN1 of_IO change_NN1 ._. 
For_IF months_NNT2 now_RT ,_, I_PPIS1 've_VH0 been_VBN urging_VVG another_DD1 look_NN1 at_II Iran_NP1 ,_, beyond_II dangerous_JJ demonization_NN1 of_IO it_PPH1 as_II a_AT1 totalitarian_JJ state_NN1 ._. 
Seldom_RR has_VHZ the_AT country_NN1 looked_VVN less_RRR like_II one_MC1 than_CSN in_II these_DD2 giddy_JJ June_NPM1 days_NNT2 ._. 
I_PPIS1 wandered_VVD in_II a_AT1 sea_NN1 of_IO green_JJ ribbons_NN2 ,_, hats_NN2 ,_, banners_NN2 and_CC bandannas_NN2 to_II a_AT1 rally_NN1 at_II which_DDQ Ahmadinejad_NP1 was_VBDZ mocked_VVN as_II "_" a_AT1 midget_NN1 "_" and_CC Moussavi_NP1 's_GE wife_NN1 ,_, Zahra_NP1 Rahnavard_NP1 ,_, sporting_VVG a_AT1 floral_JJ hijab_NN1 that_CST taunted_VVD grey-black_JJ officialdom_NN1 ,_, warned_VVD the_AT president_NN1 that_CST :_: "_" If_CS there_EX is_VBZ vote_NN1 rigging_NN1 ,_, Iran_NP1 will_VM rise_VVI up_RP ._. "_" 
That_DD1 stirring_JJ has_VHZ deep_JJ roots_NN2 ._. 
The_AT last_MD century_NNT1 taught_VVD that_CST Iran_NP1 's_GE democratic_JJ impulse_NN1 is_VBZ denied_VVN only_RR at_II peril_NN1 ._. 
Ever_RR since_CS the_AT Constitutional_JJ Revolution_NN1 of_IO 1906_MC ,_, the_AT quest_NN1 for_IF representative_JJ government_NN1 has_VHZ flared_VVN ._. 
Moussavi_NN2 is_VBZ dour_JJ but_CCB seen_VVN as_II a_AT1 man_NN1 of_IO integrity_NN1 ,_, the_AT anti-Ahmadinejad_JJ who_PNQS can_VM usher_VVI back_RP the_AT 1979_MC revolution_NN1 's_GE promise_NN1 rather_CS21 than_CS22 incarnate_VVI its_APPGE repressive_JJ turn_NN1 ._. 
Rahnavard_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 professor_NN1 of_IO political_JJ science_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ not_XX dour_JJ ._. 
She_PPHS1 has_VHZ emerged_VVN as_II a_AT1 core_NN1 figure_NN1 in_II Friday_NPD1 's_GE vote_NN1 through_II her_APPGE vigorous_JJ call_NN1 for_IF women_NN2 's_GE rights_NN2 and_CC the_AT way_NN1 she_PPHS1 goaded_VVD Ahmadinejad_NP1 into_II a_AT1 rash_JJ attack_NN1 on_II her_APPGE academic_JJ credentials_NN2 during_II his_APPGE no-holds-barred_JJ televised_JJ debate_NN1 last_MD week_NNT1 with_IW Moussavi_NP1 ._. 
Iran_NP1 's_GE democracy_NN1 is_VBZ incomplete_JJ but_CCB vigorous_JJ to_II the_AT point_NN1 of_IO unpredictability_NN1 ._. 
Nobody_PN1 knows_VVZ who_PNQS will_VM triumph_VVI in_II an_AT1 election_NN1 that_CST chooses_VVZ the_AT second_MD most_RGT powerful_JJ figure_NN1 in_II Iran_NP1 under_II the_AT supreme_JJ leader_NN1 ,_, Ayatollah_NNB Ali_NP1 Khamenei_NP1 ,_, but_CCB some_DD things_NN2 are_VBR already_RR clear_JJ ._. 
The_AT first_MD is_VBZ that_CST the_AT frank_JJ ferocity_NN1 of_IO politics_NN1 here_RL in_II recent_JJ weeks_NNT2 would_VM be_VBI unthinkable_JJ among_II U.S._NP1 allies_NN2 from_II Cairo_NP1 to_II Riyadh_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 fact_NN1 no_AT less_RGR true_JJ for_IF being_VBG discomfiting_JJ ._. 
The_AT problem_NN1 with_IW Iran_NP1 caricatures_NN2 ,_, like_II Benjamin_NP1 Netanyahu_NP1 's_GE absurd_JJ recent_JJ description_NN1 of_IO the_AT regime_NN1 as_II a_AT1 "_" messianic_JJ ,_, apocalyptic_JJ cult_NN1 ,_, "_" is_VBZ that_DD1 reality_NN1 --_NN1 not_XX least_RRT this_DD1 campaign_NN1 's_GE --_NN1 defies_VVZ them_PPHO2 ._. 
The_AT second_NNT1 is_VBZ that_CST while_CS Ahmadinejad_NP1 still_RR marshals_VVZ potentially_RR victorious_JJ forces_NN2 ,_, including_II the_AT Revolutionary_JJ Guards_NN2 and_CC the_AT Basij_JJ militia_NN ,_, he_PPHS1 now_RT faces_VVZ a_AT1 daunting_JJ array_NN1 of_IO opposition_NN1 ranging_VVG across_II the_AT political_JJ spectrum_NN1 ._. 
If_CS his_APPGE attack_NN1 on_II Rahnavard_NP1 was_VBDZ rash_JJ ,_, his_APPGE broadside_NN1 in_II the_AT same_DA debate_NN1 against_II Ali_NP1 Akbar_NP1 Hashemi_NP1 Rafsanjani_NP1 ,_, the_AT regime_NN1 's_GE eminence_NN121 grise_NN122 ,_, looks_VVZ like_II recklessness_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 has_VHZ ushered_VVN this_DD1 election_NN1 into_II the_AT inner_JJ sanctum_NN1 of_IO authority_NN1 ._. 
That_DD1 's_VBZ a_AT1 transgression_NN1 Ahmadinejad_NP1 may_VM not_XX survive_VVI ._. 
Rafsanjani_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 former_DA president_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ so_RR incensed_VVN by_II Ahmadinejad_NP1 's_GE accusations_NN2 of_IO Mafia-like_JJ corruption_NN1 that_CST he_PPHS1 responded_VVD with_IW a_AT1 blistering_JJ letter_NN1 to_II Khamenei_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS 's_VBZ supposed_JJ to_TO sit_VVI above_II the_AT fray_NN1 ._. 
The_AT president_NN1 's_GE suggestion_NN1 that_CST corruption_NN1 was_VBDZ endemic_JJ to_II the_AT revolution_NN1 also_RR angered_VVD the_AT Qom_NP1 clerical_JJ establishment_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ responded_VVD with_IW its_APPGE own_DA dissenting_JJ letter_NN1 :_: How_RRQ dare_VV0 Ahmadinejad_NP1 defile_VVI the_AT very_JJ system_NN1 ?_? 
Why_RRQ the_AT sudden_JJ turbulence_NN1 ?_? 
Here_RL we_PPIS2 come_VV0 to_II the_AT third_MD critical_JJ characteristic_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 campaign_NN1 ._. 
Radicalism_NN1 in_II the_AT Bush_NP1 White_NP1 House_NN1 bred_VVD radicalism_NN1 in_II Iran_NP1 ,_, making_VVG life_NN1 easy_JJ for_IF Ahmadinejad_NP1 ._. 
President_NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE outreach_NN1 ,_, by_II contrast_NN1 ,_, has_VHZ unsettled_VVN the_AT regime_NN1 ._. 
With_IW Lebanon_NP1 denying_VVG an_AT1 electoral_JJ victory_NN1 to_II Hezbollah_NP1 ,_, the_AT oil-driven_JJ Iranian_JJ economy_NN1 in_II a_AT1 slump_NN1 ,_, and_CC America_NP1 seeking_VVG reconciliation_NN1 with_IW Muslims_NN2 ,_, the_AT world_NN1 now_RT looks_VVZ a_RR21 little_RR22 different_JJ ._. 
Moussavi_NP1 's_GE attacks_NN2 on_II the_AT "_" exhibitionism_NN1 ,_, extremism_NN1 and_CC superficiality_NN1 "_" of_IO Ahmadinejad_NP1 's_GE foreign_JJ policy_NN1 resonate_NN1 ._. 
Rafsanjani_NP1 believes_VVZ in_II a_AT1 China_NN1 option_NN1 for_IF Iran_NP1 :_: a_AT1 historic_JJ rapprochement_NN1 with_IW the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 that_DD1 will_NN1 at_II the_AT same_DA time_NNT1 preserve_VV0 a_AT1 modified_JJ regime_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 also_RR think_VV0 that_DD1 's_VBZ possible_JJ --_NN1 and_CC desirable_JJ --_NN1 and_CC that_CST Khamenei_NP1 's_GE margin_NN1 for_IF resisting_VVG it_PPH1 has_VHZ just_RR narrowed_VVN ._. 
So_RR ,_, too_RR ,_, has_VHZ the_AT margin_NN1 for_IF the_AT foolishness_NN1 of_IO anti-Iran_JJ hawks_NN2 ._. 
