I was not really interested to comment on this thread but your comment forced me to make something clear to You.... Off course, thats because You are also a Pakistani...
So here we go....
Syria is a puppet state of Iran.
If being a friend = to be a Puppet.... then You & I must accept that We (Pakistanis) are also the Puppets of China, US, EU, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE.... Even Qatar is going to label us their puppet.... LOL
How do you see it??
The irony is whilst Iranians are perfectly fine and living in peace. Syrians are dieing and suffering.
Dont you think they are fighting a war ?? Just like We Pakistanis are fighting a War waged upon us??
Interestingly, The Syrian Government also has Just the same enemies like we do have in here....
The US funded fanatics, regional foreign countries, same takfiri groups... How interestingly similar?? NO??
Iran is not an independent state, if it was then it would help their "allies".
They help all of their Allies....
Take PAKISTAN first....
Iran is ready to sell us its gas & petroleum products... off course thats no big deal... its business... but what special?
Well, they are building Pakistan's largest Oil Refinery in Baluchistan with 4 Billion US dollars.
More over, they are also funding and constructing the Pakistani Side of the IP gas pipe line worth 500 million US dollars....
They are also going to provide electricity to the Coastal city of Gawadar (which is going to be Pakistan's future Super Mega City & financial hub)....
After that... Syria
Since many months, they have been & still are giving out 4 Billion US dollars a month to Assad Government to help them tackle things with less hardships.... besides this, Iranian Military supplies are pouring in Syrian Armed Forces way more better than ever b4....
Besides that, HZ is lebanon is armed by Iranians up to its teeth... along with HAMAS in Gaza which is even armed with the latest and accurate Iranian missiles which are capable to hit jewish capital....
It is a state under siege, sanctions are crippling it.
LOL
Do you really think that a country with a crippling economy can hand out 4 billion US dollars a month to its important ally who is fighting a war ?? I dont think so.... it means your claim is not right....
Only a fool would ally with a country which is incapable of conducting itself normally on the international stage.
Its because they have never surrendered to any one.... Any One.... They dont know how to bow in front of any one.....
While look at us, Pakistanis.... where are we standing?
Any country which is friendly to Iran just gives them lip service.
And Iranians dont care for them.... Right?
And the ones do ally to them, like Syria and Lebanon, are suffering for being a colony of Iran.
Syria is fighting a war which is imposed by some proxies of the west and their regional puppets...
And Lebanon is standing strong.... in fact, they have grown out strong after the Iranians openly backed them during their resistance against Israel....
Couple of Questions to you.... Think for a sec... and tell me.... Are these both countries (Syria & Lebanon) not being targeted because they are the only ones to oppose and confront Israel in that region?
Would they be targeted if they had been friends with Israel just like Muslim Jordan & Muslim Turkey & Muslim Egypt??
Iranians must evolve socially and politically before any countries take them seriously apart from South American nutjobs and North Korea.
I believe Iranians lack the art of bowing in front of some one mightier than them... They may learn that art from us.... no??