Secretary-General Abdullah Mohtadi speaks during the group's 16th congress, held in November 2024, in Denmark.Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Secretary-General Abdullah Mohtadi speaks during the group's 16th congress, held in November 2024, in Denmark.Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
No!
Hard yes for me.
No. No. No. They need to work it out themselves without us once again squandering our blood and treasure in a far away place that’ll end up hating us anyway. Ask Germany, Britain or Frogland for cash and prizes instead.
Well Iran does deserve some payback for the thousands of dead and maimed GI’s from Iraq and Afghanistan.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49837
let the Kurds have their way
The Kurds are the third largest ethnic group in Iran (after Persian and Azeri).
Regarding the Azeris, they got split between Persia, now Iran, and Russia a long time ago. The Russian part got organized as Azerbaijan SSR during the Soviet Union days, and is now an independent republic.
Regarding the Kurds, in keeping with their nomadic roots, they are spread from Iran through Iraq to Turkey and Syria. Nationalists among them wish for an independent Kurdish republic spanning the entire region of ethnic Kurds. But, there would be problems such as water rights and trade routes. Also, the problem of the people who would be minorities within an independent Kurdistan.
Clashes among ethnic groups will continue until the day comes, if it ever does, that rights are seen as belonging to individuals, not to groups. If possible, we should stay the hell out of such age-old problems.
I spent 7 years on Twitter working closely with Kurds in N. Syria. It was an education. The 4 Kurdish groups are very different culturally.
They were great allies when we undertook the task of eliminating ISIS. (11,000 of them died fighting ISIS, our military held them in great respect.)
They are all aligned differently with the nation they are attached to.
None of them get a fair shake in any of the 4 nations.
A little known fact? There were 400,000 Jewish Kurds that Israel removed from places in the 4 countries. Some are still in Israel now. And I have been told they are respected.
It will be hard to unite Kurds into one nation.
The Israelis are already doing this. No need for the US to get involved with the exception of recognizing the new government once the Mullocracy is overthrown.
As much as I would like to see it as possible, the danger in it is that to the extent that American support is made known the regime will use that as a political weapon against the dissidents.
Maybe we should support a government the Iranians want, rather than support whoever will do our bidding as we did in 1953.
