Radical Avenue

Governments ignore the will of the Iranian people at their own peril. The Shah and his supporters in the US found that out in the 1970s. Now “Supreme” leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his acolyte, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are learning about Iranian will power first hand. Many people have made miscalculations over the past few weeks.

Ayatollah Khamenei
Men of God don’t order their henchmen to gun down unarmed women on the streets of Tehran. Khamenei displayed tremendous cowardice by refusing to accept responsibility for his own actions. He says others are to blame for the bloodshed, but he is the one who ordered his paramilitary forces to shoot innocent Iranian civilians.

Neda is the name of the beautiful young woman killed in cold blood by Khamenei’s thugs. Her blood is on his hands.

John McCain
During last year’s US presidential election, McCain thought it was funny to sing “Bomb, bomb, bomb; Bomb, bomb Iran.” Bombs kill people. McCain’s pathetic attempt at humor was grotesque, but he never apologized. McCain seems completely oblivious to the fact that Iranians despise him.

McCain wants President Obama to inject the US government into the uprising, claiming the Iranian people need “inspiration”. But, of course, this would play right into the hands of Khamenei and Ahmadinejad, who are constantly whining about American interventionism.

The Iranian people see McCain’s words for what they really are; a crass attempt to score political points at their expense. McCain and his cronies have disgraced themselves once again. As President Obama has correctly pointed out, it is up to the Iranian people to choose their leaders, not the US government. What little credibility old man McCain had on the international stage is now diminished even further.

Russia
The Iranian people won’t forget the Russian government’s embrace of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just after Ahmadinejad stole the presidential election. Ahmadinejad is an arrogant man and millions of Iranians have grown tired of his inept leadership. The Russians bet on the wrong horse.