Syrian Gold Rush; First Come, First Served..................from Dan Friedman

[As Obama goes through the motions on Syria - a ritual to justify doing nothing - Iran and its compadre Hezbollah aren’t biding their time. In the midst of the carnage of the Syrian civil war, they are moving into position to stake their claim when Assad falls. Question for the audience: Is that the outcome Obama is hoping for by standing on the sidelines? df]

WaPo, February 10

Iran and Hezbollah build militia networks in Syria in event that Assad falls, officials say