In my perfect world, The Donald worked with regional powers China, Japan, South Korea, and others to bring Rocket Man to his knees and he will reunite with South Korea and abandon his nuclear weapons.
What we are seeing in the Middle East is the same strategy. Working with the Chinese equivalent, Saudi, and other regional powers, including Israel, Iran will be brought to it's knees. Keep in mind they also have a civilian uprising and economic problems to deal with as we speak. They now face the entire region relatively alone.
Now this is the part of my theory I'm totally pulling out of my butt, but bear with me here. Were I the Donald, strategic mastermind and proven deal maker that he is, I would offer Russia the pipeline they so desire in exchange for abandoning Iran and helping subdue the mad dogs of the Middle East. Pooty has an interest in tamping down Islamic expansionsism. And do we really care if he gets his pipeline?
Anyway, that's my reasoning and how I see things with my magic eight ball.
Watch and see if I'm right. If I'm not, you can throw rocks at me after school.
You may have something here. You might crank in this extra sweetener for Russia. The Iranians have long backed the Chechen/Chechnya islamo loonies against Russia. So there is the added benefit to Russia, along with a pipeline in Syria that is fine with them. And on another whole level- levels the field between Russia (no longer soviet) and the clearly still commie Chinese under the new mao Xi.
I do not see Russia abandoning Iran, Syria or Hizbollah any time soon. Not for a pipeline or all the money in the world. Russia is solely responsible for the Iranian nuclear program, she needs to keep feeding her client state so long as they can pay and in Syria’s case they’re broke and Russia still is in there with 100% commitment.