The Definition of "Delusional": People Who Think Iran's "Moderate" Prez Will be Willing and Able to Impose Sanity on Iran

I don't know what these folks are drinking but it's obviously quite intoxicating:

It is a debate that reaches all the way to the office of Iran's recently elected president, Hassan Rouhani, who is keen to ensure Syria's civil war does not ruin his chances of making progress in negotiations with the West over Iran's nuclear program and getting trade sanctions eased, analysts say. 

Rouhani has praised Syria's move to join a global anti-chemical weapons treaty, part of a U.S.-Russia deal that would eliminate Assad's chemical arsenal. 

Iran's Syria policy is run by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an ideologue who is unlikely to switch his support from Assad. But some diplomats believe if Rouhani is given a stake in the process by Khamenei, Iran could play an important role in helping Syria towards peace. 

Iran, they say, has previously shown it can be constructive. As evidence they hold up Iran's role in the 2001 Bonn conference that paved the way for a transitional authority in Afghanistan. 

"Hold up"? Dredge up, more like. And if you have to go that far back to find evidence of Iran being helpful you're apt to overlook what's as plain as day today: Iran is engaged in a good cop (Rouhani)/bad cop (Khamenei) charade that the easily gulled in the media and elsewhere have fallen for. And "they"--whoever they are--are out to lunch.

Update: Iran boosts presence in Syria