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Tehran: An attack on Syria will be seen as an attack on Iran

“Syria has a very basic and key role in the region for promoting firm policies of resistance … For this reason an attack on Syria would be considered an attack on Iran and Iran’s allies,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to the Mehr news agency.

Tehran sees Damascus as part of an axis of opposition to Israeli and Western influence in the Middle East.

In September, an Iranian military official was quoted as saying Iran would take action if the United States was to attack Syria.

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Oh yeah? Well on attack on our ambassador will be viewed as no big deal. So there! -obozo

Flange on January 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM

Hmmmmm…..okay.

So lets skip the attack on Syria, and go straight to Tehran.

Sure would go a long way in removing the confusion over who was attacked.

BobMbx on January 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM

Looks like we`re doing nothing on Syria.

ThePrez on January 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM

Is this aimed at Us or Turkey?

abobo on January 26, 2013 at 1:56 PM

Talk is cheap.

Dusty on January 26, 2013 at 2:01 PM

On March 16, 2011—the day after the first mass demonstration against the regime—John Kerry said Assad was a man of his word who had been “very generous with me.” He added that under Assad “Syria will move; Syria will change as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States.”

steebo77 on January 26, 2013 at 2:18 PM

Here’s Mrs. Clinton’s fuller quote, from March 27, 2011, answering CBS’s Bob Schieffer on why the U.S. was prepared to intervene against Moammar Gadhafi but not against Assad: “There’s a different leader in Syria now,” she explained. “Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he is a reformer.”

steebo77 on January 26, 2013 at 2:19 PM

U.S. should make clear to world ‘any attack on Israel will be treated as an attack on the United States.’

- Rand Paul

Is this aimed at Us or Turkey?

abobo on January 26, 2013 at 1:56 PM

In the end, it doesn’t matter. If Turkey gets attacked by Iran and it so desires, it can invoke Article V of the NATO Treaty, which brings the US and Europe into any war. And, since the US bears the greatest burden relative to troops, materiel, and funding of any NATO signatory, an attack on Turkey would be an act of war on the whole with the US playing the largest role.

Resist We Much on January 26, 2013 at 2:21 PM

In the end, it doesn’t matter. If Turkey gets attacked by Iran and it so desires, it can invoke Article V of the NATO Treaty, which brings the US and Europe into any war.

And you think the president considers Article V of the Nato Treaty (something written by dead white guys) more binding than the US Constitution (something written by dead white guys)?

vityas on January 26, 2013 at 2:25 PM

And you think the president considers Article V of the Nato Treaty (something written by dead white guys) more binding than the US Constitution (something written by dead white guys)?

vityas on January 26, 2013 at 2:25 PM

“[Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey] is my friend and colleague…. We find ourselves in frequent agreement upon a wide range of issues.I think it’s fair to say that over the last several years, the relationship between Turkey and the United States has continued to grow across every dimension. And I find Prime Minister Erdogan to be an outstanding partner and an outstanding friend on a wide range of issues.”

- President Barack Obama

Resist We Much on January 26, 2013 at 2:32 PM