Atomic weapons, biological weapons, chemical weapons: none of them are good for humanity. Now we know our ABCs, won't you sing along with me!

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"Iran has confirmed for the first time that forces from its revolutionary guards corps (IRGC) are in Syria helping Bashar al-Assad's government crush rebels, and warned that it would get involved militarily if its Arab ally came under attack."

That was reported in mid September of this year by http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/16/iran-middleeast .

As the relative worth of Iran's rial drops, so too does its economic support of Syria's money. Taking three billion dollars a year as a low figure, and with Iran's oil going to China and Russia at bargain-basement prices, Iran will not be able to continue its fiscal support of Syria's pound at the present level, a level that has been dropping for months. If Assad does implement a "What the hell, I have nothing to lose so I'll start taking people with me" line, we could be watching the beginning of a chemical/nuclear war, and whether that particular genie could be put back in the bottle is anyone's guess.

Weapons (missiles) that Israeli intelligence assumed were headed to Sudan from Iran may not be destined for end-use by Gaza, but rather end-use by Syria. Patriot missiles are going to Turkey from other NATO partners and Syria decries that.

IMO, the lower right-hand corner in all this is a horribly complex balancing act with all too real consequences for millions of people. If you believe in a higher power, pray to it now. If you don't believe in a higher power, pray anyway, just in case you're wrong.