Iranian election

[Alex]

Sure we can. See Darfur. See Burma. See Georgia. See Kyrgystan. The United States really has no history of getting involved simply because of internal civil unrest.

I just can't see open military intervention by the U.S. short of a legitimate nuclear threat. If it somehow escalated into something without being a nuclear issue it would probably be through U.N. peacekeeping forces and for reasons of PR despite any level of support I imagine they'd try to keep American and European countries out of those forces.