Comments about ‘Toppling Syria would undercut Iran's influence’

This hugely ironic. Iran has been (rightly) pointing out long and hard the US's hypocrisy in supporting the Shah of Iran who was oppressing his own people. Well, Assad is doing the same, if not worse. When the Shah of Iran was overthrown the US got massive blowback and we still are receiving it. If Assad falls, millions of Syrians are going to be stinking mad at Iran for backing Assad. Hezbollah won't have an easy way to get more rockets and weapons. The new Syria is not going to want to support Hezbollah.

It will be a huge mess for Iran.

I can't think of a nicer bunch of people to have this happen to. And they should have known better. They know how bad it was for us when we backed the Shah of Iran and he was overthrown because they were there.

The conflict between US-led powers and Iran has far wider ramifications than to curb alleged nuclear proliferation. It's an integral part of Washington's intention to engineer social/political upheavals across the Arab world, redrawing the region to meet strategic Western interests.

"The road to Tehran goes through Damascus". As Syria is a key ally of Iran, it's no coincidence that immediately after NATO's regime change in Libya, the focus shifted to Syria. Regime change in Syria will isolate Iran. Vanquishing Iran and returning it to Western guardianship is the trophy Washington and its allies have been after ever since the Western-backed Shah of Iran was toppled by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

US media allegations against Assad's regime are overblown. On Feb. 4, a leaked Arab League Mission Report stated that there were "armed opposition groups" operating in Syria, including the Western-backed Syria Free Army. They're doing the killing of civilians and security forces blamed on Assad.

Syrians understand the horrors of American intervention just as do Afghanis, Iraqis, Libyans and others and want no part of it. In December 2011, a Qatar Foundation poll found 55% of Syrians back Assad--contradicting the familiar US media drum beat of majority opposition.