Frida ##y : Tyrants tend to blame someone else for the messes they make . Ghitis : rulers in Russia , Iran , Iraq and Venezuela have pointed fingers at the Taliban She says this strategy has worked for decades in the Middle East . To pre-empt anyone from interpreting low voting numbers as rejection of the regime , the government warned that a malevolent U.S. is afraid of a turnout and is working to keep Iranians from voting . Ghitis : But the search for distractions is not working as well as it used to .
Frida ##y : Tyrants tend to blame someone else for the messes they make . Ghitis : rulers in Russia , Iran , Iraq and Venezuela have pointed fingers at the Taliban She says this strategy has worked for decades in the Middle East . Ghitis : But the search for distractions is not working as well as it used to .