Russia, Iran, Syria Axis

[Trapper John]

So the neo-Fascists, MSM, and the talking heads are all in a tizzy over the POTUS posturing viz-a-viz Putin and Russia. Here's a thought:

Russia, Syria, Iran are the new axis of evil. Donald Trump is positioning to be a reasonable guy (good cop) with Vlad and hard liner with Iran. Why?

He knows that he needs to drive a wedge in the Iran/Russia relationship. Russia wants access to Iran's oil through Syria to Crimea. Iran wants to export more oil. Russia wants the leverage of the oil supply to distribute to Europe through the the Crimean choke point. Russia also needs the economic boost.

The POTUS wants a military strike option on Iran's oil production and nuclear facilities without fear of Russian retaliation. He needs to marginalize Russia in the ME.

Lots of moving parts, but the first order of business is to develop a normalized working relationship with Russia, i.e. limit Russia's options and satisfy their economic need while positioning the US to economically break them.

Not sure how this is going to play out, but looking at this through the lens of an SF mission to pacify a hostile area, the first thing I'm going to try to do is co-opt the village bully (Putin) to my side.

I sense a big picture strategy here and Donald Trump, like Reagan was, is the front man to a grander plan. In fact I see a lot of similarities to the way in which we effected the breakup of the Soviet Union under Reagan.

Thoughts??