Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Blames the West for Iran's Government Sucking Balls

According to an article on CNN.com, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran is blaming the West and western leaders for inciting the riots that followed the "re-election" of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He claims that western media showed the Iranian people as "rioters", and that some how the many leaked videos of thousands of Iranians protested the election results was an effort by the West to destroy Iran and Islamic culture. Is anyone else bored to tears by this overused scapegoating of the West by Iranian leadership for the problems they create for themselves by operating an oppressive government? These videos of Iranians protesting the election only exist because Iranians were, in fact, protesting the election! It's the people of Iran, specifically young people and women, who are so sick of having no rights. Furthermore, the protesters weren't simply angry that their candidate didn't win, they were angry because they believed the election to have been a fraud; the government throwing all international media people out of the country after the election doesn't exactly work to negate this claim either. I mean, why would the Iranian government do that? Hmmmm? Oh, maybe because they didn't want the world to see Iranians taking the initiative to protest their own government, not because the West opposes Iran, but because many Iranians have problems with their government. Perhaps Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should spend a little less time blaming America and Western Europe for its problems, and more time not holding fraudulent elections and/or oppressing Iranians. Just a thought.

On another note, did Iranian leadership really think throwing some reporters out of the country was going to keep the world from seeing the protests? Someone should tell them about camera phones and a nifty little thing some like to call the "Internet". Douche bags. Now the government wants to investigate and prosecute, "individuals 'who cooperate with satellite television programming providers'" (CNN.com). Even better, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi said, "It is imperative that this phenomenon be seriously dealt with by all judicial authorities of the country as well as by provincial judicial authorities". Ummmm, yeah. I'm not a computer or tech genius, but I'm pretty sure that in 2010, satellite television and news via Internet aren't considered a "phenomenon". They've been around for a while now. Put down the abacus and pay attention. Another point would be that punishing people for releasing news, not because it isn't true, but because it makes you look bad, might be one of those oppressive actions that protesters are frustrated about. Get a grip.