The Iraq Channel for Syria and Iran

The New York Times: Reports on the military support for the Assad Regime in Syria from Iran, the Tehran Regime is using Iraqi airspace, the article notes the following on these supply missions, " ..route for weapons, including rockets, antitank missiles, rocket-propelled grenade and mortars. ".

Lets Get Real:

The question faced by the Oval is, do they give military support to the Syrian rebels, can they afford not to support the rebels, if as expected the Assad regime falls and the rebels take over with support from extreme Islamic supporters will they new regime be a friend of the US or a new threat to the US interests in the Middle East and Israel.   There have been reports that the rebels feel that the US has not given enough military support, communication support YES, and general supplies YES but no actual hardware, the hardware that the rebels have gotten have come from captured Syrian supplies and military support from the Gulf States, who have no time for Assad.   As to Iraq, well this problem is down to 1st Obama Term, they failed to get a military agreement with the Iraqi Government, the Oval let VP Biden lead the talks, thus bound to fail.  The Iraqi Government has its own internal problems, it does not need Tehran to get upset with them and cause more grief in Iraq.  If the US still had a presence it could check these planes form Iran but it does not, it almost has to beg the Iraqi Government to do its job.    As the article notes the following on the relationship between Baghdad and Tehran, " There is evidence of collusion between Iranian and Iraqi officials on the inspections, according to American intelligence assessments. ".  Thus next year folks the Middle East could get very hot, the Syrian Civil War might be reaching a tipping point, the attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to make Egypt the next Iran could cause internal unrest, while Israel will be considering its options, it might decide to strike Iran without telling the Oval, that would not be new for Israel.   The 2nd Obama term folks might be more fraught than the Oval expects, the Middle East has way of doing what it wants not what the Oval wants or expects, that is international politics folks.