Thankfully, somebody picked up and discussed the Iran/Syria link. Check out this well argued op-ed from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/to-weaken-iran-start-with-syria.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp