THE BATTLE FOR DAMASCUS AND IRAN'S PLAN!

Several times over the course of the past year and a half, I have commented on the possibilities of the random planning for continued actions on Syrian soil even after the fall of Assad!

I believe it is now a commonly accepted viewpoint that Iran has determined their ability to operate and support Hezbollah from inside Syria is an achievable an acceptable goal.

The rumors of training camps run by the Iranians have been spoken of for months now.

Logic would have it these militias would provide Iran the opportunity to maintain some acceptable control.

Having said that, Assad must be thinking twice about what the real intentions of these militias might be.

Are they there to prop him up and support him, or are they there simply to run Syria, what is left of it, after the fall the government?

Personally, I believe this theory is spot on.

Indications of  Assad's  demise are about as hard to determine as they could possibly be.

Nevertheless, in the past few days coordinated actions around the city of Damascus appeared to have an ominous tone for the Syrian government.

Close order combat inside the city of Damascus renders weapons such as fighter aircraft and long-range artillery virtually useless.

The Syrian military can ill afford to abandon the city for the simple purpose of leveling it given the fact that the last of their supporters are inside of the same city.

Could Damascus become the modern day Beirut?

Could battle lines be drawn virtually dividing the city as they did in the Lebanese Civil War,

With Iranian militias holding small pockets of territory and a unorganized divided rebel movement that is much better destroying operations than they are developing them or maintaining them is a formulary for sustaining conflict.

It's so it appears the ingredients for a stalemate and a divided and virtually nonexistent nation-state that was once called Syria have all come together.

Another unfortunate risk now returns to the forefront!

Assad's option of using WMDs is most likely predicated on his anticipated loss of Damascus.

For quite some time now I have stated the Iranians truly hold the trigger on Syria's WMDs.

I'm afraid the close enough in the timeline of such an event that my theory may be put to test.

Unfortunately these militias and the Islamic fundamentalist radical groups in Syria mixed with the concerns of unaccounted for weapons of mass destruction also creates a cocktail the Israelis will undoubtedly be unwilling to drink!

By the time the president United States visits Israel, there is a real possibility the topic will not be Palestinian statehood or even the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

There is even the possibility that by the time this meeting takes place in the region will simply be too "hot" for the presence travel.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=302818

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/201321019911209655.html