and this is a significant shift in the obama administration s strategy as the future of syria is concerned ashs tpd u.s. was willing to e negotiate directly with iran on the to make leer deal, but they said that they were not talking to iran about what is going on in iraq, and not coordinating with iran with the war against isis, as far as the war in syria is concerned, but now under enormous pressure from the russians, the u.s. is ready to bring iran into this, and you believe it is long overdue, is that what i am hearing? well, i don t know if it is long overdue, but it is the path to get out. the goal is to move assad aside, and iran and russia have been propping him up for year, and without their support, he would have been gone two years ago. so they have to be at the table, and have to be coming to realize it is in their national interests and as well as the people of syria to get rid of