Iran Promises Payback For Syria

With the evidence of the chemical warfare attacks by Syria mounting, and the United States, France and Britain all claiming to hold evidence proving a chemical attack, a Syria strike is being planned. John Kerry said that there are at least 10 countries who are willing to join forces with the U.S. in a strike. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have both made threats.
The harshest threat comes from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said that if the United States attacks Syria the country will pay a steep price. He also said that the U.S. had no right to play the part of humanitarians after everything they did to Iraq.
Khamenei went on to say that the turmoil in the Middle East is a direct response to the arrogance of Washington. He said that if the U.S. attacks Syria, they won't stop the "resistance" against the arrogance of America. He finally threw out the label of "terrorist" and said that if the United States attacks Syria, it will be seen as an act of terrorism.
One of the big news items taking place yesterday saw Russia move some of their warships and it looks like they are preparing for a U.S. attack on Syria, who is still an ally of Russia. Vladimir Putin still says he does not believe the allegations of chemical warfare on the part of Syria. As an ally of Syria, that might just be lip service.
Vladimir Putin then made his veiled threat against the United States. Putin says that, if the U.S. attacks Syria, Russia has "plans" on how they will react to the Syria strike. This came as President Barack Obama found Congressional approval to set out for the strike, which has larger plans to topple the power of Bashar al-Assad.
Things have been scary for the last month. With Syria launching what many people now see as a chemical attack on over a thousand people, something needs to be done. However, with two different countries making threats against the United States if they attack, this could get much bigger than any military action in years.
When President George W. Bush ordered an attack on Iraq based on lies of weapons of mass destruction, he had a lot of allies behind him. He was going in to allegedly stop greater evils from happening. No one made threats and the U.S. was able to strike hard.
This is completely different. Something has to be done to show countries like Syria, Iran and North Korea that using illegal chemical warfare won't be accepted. However, by doing so we might end up fighting three different countries in Syria, Iran and Russia, and this would be the closest thing to starting a new World War in a very long time.
Politicians and military advisors need to tread lightly because this could get way out of hand if they are not careful. The Vladimir Putin and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should not be taken lightly.