[Trumpinator]

Mine were centering around a new relationship between Israel and Russia, but you took it farther.

I am war gaming this as we speak.....

Russia parked on the coast in Syria has value to Russia because of the pipelines. Iran is a competitor to Russia for oil and gas sales to China. Russia may want to keep the Chinese sucking on their pipe while denying Europe an easy draw on that side of the pipeline. Keep Iran needy...

[DoughtyOne]

Sounds plausible.

[ColdOne]

Interesting angle. It makes sense.