U.S. CAUSED DEMISE OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM

"... The real winner in Iran is spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who will now be able to navigate the ship of state without the impediment of a reform-minded president, especially in foreign relations... President George W Bush's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be regarded as the most important contributing factor to the demise of the reformist movement in Iran... Neo-cons in the US couldn't have wished for better..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GF28Ak02.html