CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran

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queermunist@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 172d (4 replies)

That has to be harder after they armed and then betrayed the Kurds in Syria, right?

davel@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 172d (1 reply)

I would think so, but ze_squirrel thinks they’re just mercenaries.

the fact is that in Syria, Iraq and now Iran Kurds have played the role of willing mercenaries for the CIA and Mossad. Scum like this are not actually motivated by any desire for national sovereignty, because they know that does not come from the CIA-Mossad. They're doing it purely for money, greed and lust for chaos. The only response they deserve is utter annihilation. Destroy this cancerous Zionist enclave wherever it exists, from Syria to Iraq and Iran. Eliminate it.

to be clear this is the various Kurdish militant groups that are propped up by CIA-Mossad cash and intel. They're the equivalent of narco-terrorists. They just want to capture oil fields and sell it alongside the bounties they gather from Tel Aviv and Washington. Wipe them out

how much money did these Kurdish narco-terrorists larping as epic anarchists steal from Syrians when handed oil-fields by the CIA/Mossad? How many billions did these mercenary scum stash away in Cayman island bank accounts? There is nothing here but mercenary greed and bloodlust

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 172d

Their leaders are highly likely compromised but they have a lot of useful idiots under them.

cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 172d

If I were the Kurds I’d simply take the arms and then just keep them without trying to launch an uprising in Iran.

cybervseas@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 172d

It's like Charlie Brown and the football.

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 172d

The Kurds right now

TIN@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 172d

Marty McFly hey I've seen this one before.jpg

Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 172d

The playbook hasn't changed at all since WWII :/.

tesseract@beehaw.org · 4 pts · 171d

Are the Kurds masochists to trust a betrayer again like this?

tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 171d (1 reply)

Thank god sources were lying this would not have ended well for them

tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 168d

Actually it looks like they chickened out? Probably some back and forth which can't be boiled down to "sources were lying" as most likely certain Iranian missile strikes in their vicinity were more convincing than American phone calls, perhaps not entirely different than calls which I am putting off right now