Ahmadinejad is my president

Its the 2009 presidential election in Iran and opposition leader Mir-Houssein Mousavi declares victory hours before the polls close, insuring that any result to the contrary will be called into question. Western media goes into overdrive, fighting with each other to see who can offer the most hyperbolic denunciation of the vote and President Ahmadenijads apparent victory (BBC wins by publishing bald-faced lies about the supposed popular uprising which it is later forced to retract). On June 13th, 30000 tweets begin to flood Twitter with live updates from Iran, most written in English and provided by a handful of newly-registered users with identical profile photos. The Jerusalem Post writes a story about the Iran Twitter phenomenon a few hours after it starts (and who says Mossad isnt staying up to date with new media?). Now, YouTube is providing a Breaking News link at the top of every page linking to the latest footage of the Iranian protests (all shot in high def, no less). Welcome to Destabilization 2.0, the latest version of a program that the western powers have been running for decades in order to overthrow foreign, democratically elected governments that dont yield to the whims of western governments and multinational corporations.
Buried in some news reports of the recent Iran kerfuffle was this interesting tidbit: the U.S. Department of State told the folks at Twitter not to shut down the site for scheduled maintenance (a common occurrence, as any Twitter user can tell you). In their words, Twitter was an important form of communication in the hours and days immediately following the election. When the State Department needs you to help spread democracy, thats a pretty cool sign youve arrived.
Actually, very few people are using Twitter to organize within Iran. From what Ive heard, Twitters all but inaccessible to Iranians right now without a great deal of jumping through hoops. Just look at current tweets relating to the election99% are from outsiders simply tweeting and retweeting rumors from inside. Twitter has been a great tool to make outsiders feel invested in this election, which is great, but its clueless and a little condescending, from a westerners perspective, to imply that Twitters doing much to aid the demonstrators.

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[PersianSquadShiraz6]

LONG LIVE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC AND ITS GREAT LEADERS !! LONG LIVE OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT DR. AHMADINEJAD !!! HE IS THE ONLY MAN THAT REALLY DONT GIVE A F**** WHAT THE ZIONISTS AND ISRAEL AND U.S says ;) I M PROUD FOR HAVING THIS GREAT MAN FOR OUR PRESIDENT !!! PEACE

[hamic13]

zendeh baad iran va azaadi

[punu302]

Me Inspire FrOm ThiS Man Love YoU SiR Are a mine Favr8 Personality.

Love FrOm PAKISTAN.

"мя.вαℓσ¢н"

[wojtassmaniak]

Good luck Mr. Ahmadinejad, Poland is with you.

[grettoz]

@Wassouf10

sad boy..

[grettoz]

@Wassouf10

someones gotta i guess???

[grettoz]

what an evil little shit this prick is!!!!

[2hottie69Forever]

im completely unbiased and neutral in these matters

but im growing very fond of this president.

he should be sitting in obamas chair.

[Wassouf10]

Brave people of Iran you cannot hate, only LOVE!

[Wassouf10]

I love iran