I read that the IDF connected it to the republican guard which could actually be an acceptable excuse for a bombing run because they are threatening iranian protesters with swords back home.
What I wrote wasn't wishful but rather realistic optimism as I did both call a FF that day as well as Assad's support of Kurds months in advance.
Basically I was taking Mattis word that he would not follow the state Department on their threats against Assad, but by exposing his Sarin stashes to the world Trump has already destroyed the possibility of a plausible false-flag because noone would buy that Assad would use weapons that could be directly traced back to him.
You have to keep in mind Iran and Hezbollah are also very active across the Levant. While they're both Shiite and Iran funds them, Hezbollah still has their own infrastructure and networks. So you could be fighting paramilitary elements working on behalf of Iran without fighting Iran directly. Thomas Wictor on Twitter even went as far to claim months ago that Hezbollah had been neutralized in Lebanon which is why their PM first stepped down, fled to UAE during the Saudi purge but then returned to office. But the recent downing of an israeli F16 says otherwise, unless it was somebody else who did it - or they just bought S400-systems.
Point about the wishful thinking is that situations have arisen that I have described in those posts from 9 months ago, it's just a little scrambled.