MONSTERS UNITE – AT 9:59 A.M. ET:  It's important that, as we deal with our economic woes and fight our election, that we not take our eye off the foreign policy ball, as we did in the 1930s.  There is an extremely important story out today:

Syria, one of the most important Arab countries, continues to murder its own people in the streets.  And now Iran, which knows a thing or two about murdering its citizens, is coming to Syria's aid.

Iran is to subsidize a new multi-million dollar military base on the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Western intelligence reports indicate that the move will make it easier to ship weapons and other military hardware between the two countries, the Telegraph said.

According to the Telegraph report, the military base, to be situated in the coastal city of Latakia, will allow Iran to establish a permanent base for sending arms directly to Syria.

COMMENT:  There is a growing feeling in analyst circles that the continued bloodshed in Syria can flash into a regional conflagration involving Iran and Saudi Arabia, with the threat of a Syrian-Israeli clash increasing.

At the same time, supreme GOP goofball Ron Paul, whose claque may actually allow him to win or finish strongly in today's Iowa straw poll, said Thursday night that Iran is no concern to us.  He also said that we are responsible for the mullahs' hostility, and that he can understand why Iran would want a nuclear weapon.  The Weekly Standard commented that Paul would make a good foreign policy adviser to Dennis Kucinich. 

August 13, 2011