Concede that no one in the United States truly understands what the opposition wants, and no one in the United States truly understands all the intricacies or the internal disputes and everything that makes a movement the multiplicity of voices it really is. But what we’re able to see is that the opposition wants the outside world not to respect the results of the election and not to treat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad like his victory is legitimate. There is some affirmative evidence that the opposition doesn’t want the United States to throw its rhetorical support behind the movement, but most of the evidence for the proposition comes from noticing, from the #iranelection hashtag and other opposition outlets, how few calls there have been from Iranians for the United States. to back Mir Hussein Moussavi and the protesters. (Indeed, it’s conspicuous that the excellent reporting of Laura Secor, George’s wife and colleague, doesn’t turn up evidence of such a proposition.)