I think there are some natural gas pipeline dynamics in play, at least in Syria. They wanted to create that Iran-Iraq-Syria "Islamic" pipeline that would supply said nations and possibly some in Europe, but I don't think that the Saudis and Qataris liked the idea. Instead, they want to build their own pipeline through Saudi and then into Jordan. So the easy way to disrupt the $10 Billion investment in the Islamic pipeline is to create chaos in Syria, which is sort of referenced in the ZeroHedge article I posted a few pages back that highlights the Saudi deals with the Obama administration.