With reports of 7 Iranians dead in Israeli air strike in Syria, you could almost say Syria is Iran's route to the sea...

Greg P. | 8:33 AM on April 10, 2018

There are reports out this morning that Sunday’s suspected Israeli air strike on an airbase in Syria killed 7 Iranians:

BREAKING: Iran's Tasnim news agency: 7 Iranians died in Israel's airstrike in Syria; bodies brought to Tehran for funerals.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 10, 2018

According to reports, the 7 were “military advisers”:

Correction: According to Tasnim, the bodies of the SEVEN Iranian military advisers killed in Syria airstrike arrived in Tehran today. Only six are named.

— Borzou Daragahi ?? (@borzou) April 10, 2018

And Iran is vowing revenge:

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Senior Iranian official visiting Syria says Israel's airstrike that killed 7 Iranians "will not go unanswered" #fox5dc

— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) April 10, 2018

What’s amusing to us is just how acceptable Iran’s presence in Syria has become when just 5 short years ago, Mitt Romney was roundly mocked for being 100% right about Syria being Iran’s path to the [Mediterranean] sea. Some examples:

That Romney referred to Syria as Iran's only route to the sea is enough to render him unfit for office. What fucking idiocy.

— ????? (@soulkhan) October 23, 2012

If Romney believes Syria is Iran's "route to the sea" that means The Persian Gulf is either neither a gulf, nor Persian.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 23, 2012

FACT: @MittRomney doesn't even know where #Syria or #Iran are. Romney: Syria is Iran's "route to the sea". #debate pic.twitter.com/bF7fX1da

— MoveOn (@MoveOn) October 23, 2012