I am war gaming this as we speak.....
Russia parked on the coast in Syria has value to Russia because of the pipelines. Iran is a competitor to Russia for oil and gas sales to China. Russia may want to keep the Chinese sucking on their pipe while denying Europe an easy draw on that side of the pipeline. Keep Iran needy...
24 posted on 9/22/2015, 4:58:18 PM by Trumpinator
Link is here @ http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3339985/posts?q=1&;page=1#14
Yes, I’ve read about the competition for pipelines and I think that is the main motivation. Qatar or Saudi is in that competition too.