"At the same time, American officials said there was growing evidence that Iran was helping train and equip Syrian security forces. “Our concerns include the fact that some of the tactics being used by the Syrian regime mirror tactics used in Iran against their own population". You mean Syria, like Iran, shot at protesters? Is that now what the Tunisian, Egyptian, Yemeni, Bahraini, Saudi, Libyan, Jordanian, and Omani governments have done? These are the tactics, right? Wait. That can only mean one thing: that Iran also helped and trained the Tunisian, Egyptian, Yemeni, Bahraini, Saudi, Libyan, Jordanian, and Omani security forces. What a diabolical reach.