Iran

In Iran, it’s an old story, the people against the thugs, the goons, the fascists. Of course, the thugs have some people behind them too… I am constantly struck by the similarities of the American right -- a nativist, reactionary populist, fundamentalist peasantry combined with insecure shopkeepers who both act as the myrmidons of their own oppressors and masters in the corporate elite -- and the Iranian right. Bush and Ahmadinejad, now weren’t they twins? Both stubborn little men of surpassing ignorance claiming a hotline to god, Manichean in their malignant simplicity, and driving their nation off a cliff.

One difference of note, when Bush stole an election, Americans rolled over and turned the channel.

P.S. This article about Iran, written before the election, is excellent.