SO.. WHAT IS THE NEW. .RUSSIAN... IRANIAN MESSAGE ON SYRIA?

If we assume the Russians and the Iranians don't go a single day without discussion the future of Syria, then we have to wonder about the timely press announcements list below.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/01/2013127162214699107.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-iran-20130127,2760912,3791761.story

Is Iran worried about the Patriot deployments along the Turkish, Syrian border?

Perhaps, but not from a tactical perspective of the weapon's package itself.

Is Iran worried, Turkey wanted these "safeguards" in place before they would agree to slice out a "freezone" in Western Syria?

I can but that, but the reality has become that "freezone" has all but been established by the Rebels now and I'm not sure such a concept is something even worth planning for.

It's old news to hear Iran will not tolerate the overthrow of Assad, at least not until it's a deal Iran can live with!!!!

So, the question becomes why the reminder from one of Khamenei's henchmen?

There is another part of this story I found interesting.

" An attack on Syria would be considered an attack on Iran and Iran's allies"?????

Iran's Allies??? not Syria's?????

Who is Ahmad Vahidi referring to?

Could this be another veiled threat towards events in Iraq?

We all know how poorly things are going in Iraq for Iran and that is bad news stacked on top of bad news.... Those pesky Arabs.... The poor Persians just can't trust them!!!

Ok, so then the Russians, come out nearly at the same time as this latest threat from Iran and make the comment Assad's days  are possibly numbered.

We all know Medvedev doesn't make a public comment with the Russian stamp on it unless the Tsar has approved of it.

So.... are Russia and Iran playing "Good Cop... Bad Cop"?????

Maybe, but to what end?

As I have said for over a year and a half now, Assad will not last one day longer then it takes the Russians and the Iranians to figure out how to control or live with Syria post Assad.

Perhaps Iran's threat to bring Iraq into the fold is part of the plot to keep the West from even contemplating actions in Syria.

If that is true, I would find it more than humorous, given  the West total reluctance to take one viable act towards operations in Syria.

Iraq is a mess.... Syria is a mess... Lebanon is bubbling just below the surface and all of this  is nothing but bad news for Iran....

 I could almost understand Iran's frustration if things were really going good for the West, but with the events of Mali in the past two weeks, the West is hardly in the driver's seat!!!

I'm not sure anyone is ins control of events right about now, and I'm even less convinced anyone has a actionable game plan towards all these issues.

Oh ya... North Korea is going to steal the attention span of just about everyone real soon!!!!

I wonder what the "game plan" is for that crisis.... if any???