Barry Rubin: Syria and Iran, so happy together
Barry Rubin: “Iran and Syria, along with their clients, are at war with America, and the US government doesn’t even know it.”
“That’s why Khamei remarked, ‘Aermica’s blade has become blunter in the region,’ He’s righ. That’s why if anyone is worried about putting all the eggs in one basket, nowadays it is America’s Arab partners. The fact that the US is perceived as weaker and foolish in the region is far more importnat than the fact that Obama might be more popular in public opinion polls.”
“With a US government so intent on apologizing to everyone, all but ruling out the use of force or power politics and apparently — in Iran’s perception — afraid to confront its enemies, they’re concluding in Teheran and Damascus, as Ahmadinejad put it: ‘Today the world has realized that Western theories are not working any more and that is why it needs the help and cooperation of Syria and Iran.’ “
