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Posted on 03/05/2026 3:37:39 PM PST by MeanWestTexan
Donald Trump has expressed public support for a possible Kurdish offensive against Iran as the United States pushes to destabilise the Iranian governing system internally.
“I think it’s wonderful that they want to do that, I’d be all for it,” the US president told the Reuters news agency on Thursday when asked about the prospects of a Kurdish rebellion in Iran.
Several US media outlets have reported that Trump called leaders in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq to enable Iranian Kurdish groups launch a ground offensive inside Iran.
In his comments on Thursday, Trump declined to say whether the US would provide air support for Kurdish rebels.
The White House had confirmed that the US president contacted Kurdish leaders in Iraq but denied that Trump agreed to a plan to push for an armed uprising by the Kurds in Iran.
“The president has held many calls with partners, allies and leaders in the region, in the Middle East,” Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday.
“He did speak to Kurdish leaders with respect to our base that we have in northern Iraq.”
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The Kurds have been promised much and betrayed repeatedly.
It’s not like he has much of a choice if he wants ground troops…
Yeah, they have.
The logical reluctance due to this betrayal is discussed in the article.
They probably have no hope of controlling major Iranian cities.
Weapons might be airdropped in university districts.
I agree.
But they are a solid seed and can start at the edges, giving people in Iran confidence.
It also creates fear of an enemy within, as Kurds are at all tiers of Iranian military. The paranoid Iranians will inevitably persecute them, thereby creating a rebellion.
All the tribal stuff of the middle east, I don’t see the Kurds as a long-term solution with the Persians et.al
We have a base in northern Iraq
The Kurds will be betrayed again.
Ethnically, it’s really Kurds and Persians vs. Arab Fundamentalists (who make up the bulk of the radicals).
The Arabs have been there a long time (as in, hundreds of years), but are still a separate group.
In Kurd territory, yes.
And a consulate.
“It also creates fear of an enemy within, as Kurds are at all tiers of Iranian military.”
And, importantly it draws Iranian ground forces out of hiding and into field formations.
Easy pickings for the heavy bombers with anti-personnel munitions.
Well, someone has to be used. Might as well be them. Seems these kinds of things should have been put into some preplanning.
The Ukes were used to degrade Russia. Such is life.
The Turkish President Erdogan won’t like that. To Hell with him. He has ruined, all by himself , what the great Ataturk created.
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