I do not know if the American plan was actually to encircle both Iran and Syria, but that is the resulting situation.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	4:aux	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	_	4	advmod	4:advmod	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	12:mark	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
7	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	8:amod	_
8	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:outer	12:nsubj:outer	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	12:cop	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	12:advmod	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	12:mark	_
12	encircle	encircle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	4:ccomp	_
13	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc:preconj	14:cc:preconj	_
14	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	12:obj	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	16:cc	_
16	Syria	Syria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	12:obj|14:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	23:cc	_
19	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	nsubj	23:nsubj	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	23:cop	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	_
22	resulting	result	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	amod	23:amod	_
23	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	4:conj:but	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
