Mark it down: a war with Iran means a war with Iran AND Syria. Late this past week, the two nations' defense ministers met in Tehran to sign a military cooperation agreement against "common threats" that could come from the United States or Israel.

Of course, anyone who has followed American military operations the past few years would be hard-pressed not to chuckle at some of the things these guys said.

Both ministers smiled and sneered at the threats that could be presented against their terrorist nations. They also dished out a great deal of ironic statements regarding policies that would affect the Middle East region.

They said that one of their goals was to work towards "ridding the region of weapons of mass destruction" (which was directed at Israel's possession of nuclear weapons) which is quite comical considering Iran's nuclear weapons program that has drawn the ire of the international community.

What was perhaps even more comical was the following declaration by Iranian defense minister Mostafa Mohammad: "US threats are a kind of psychological operation. It is not new. With unity among the region's nations, these threats will not prevail."

Wow. Apparently this guy forgot about the successful takeovers of Afghanistan and Iraq by the United States and coalition forces.

Of course what was most comical was the final quote by Mohammad that "[Iran's] enemies should know about [Iran's] capabilities and should not even think about an assault."

Riiiiiight. After all, America was warned by Iraq about the mighty power of the Iraqi Republican Guard. And those guys were so difficult to overcome. Ooooh. Aaaah.