You’re over the target. I spent 18 months in Iran, mostly Teheran, but still have always followed events in that area since I left in 74. Apparently they are now being threatened as the RG had to utter some stupidly vapid statement about their being attacked and the battleground area would not be isolated to their borders. Its amazing how their bluster never changes and just how right they are but in a totally inverse proportion to their projection.
Assad, Iran, Russia all saw what we helped the SDF do in Raqqa. Their intelligence officers no doubt recorded some of the actions.
They have a glimmer of what we are able to do if forced to.
I hope Assad and Russia are asking themselves “why did I align with Iran”. Assad thought he had no other option, he may not have had any. We for very bad reasons, grabbed foreign money to help put Assad out. Yes, Assad is a bad guy. Yes, he was aligned with Iran.
But Obama, start to finish was a pact with the devil. It colored every thing he did.
Trump IS NOT Obama.