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Renew Deal

(84,916 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:57 PM Tuesday

Trump planning ground invasion of Iran using Kurdish forces

Washington and Erbil, Iraq

The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN.
The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the sources said.
Iranian Kurdish armed groups have thousands of forces operating along the Iraq-Iran border, primarily in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Several of the groups have released public statements since the beginning of the war hinting at imminent action and urging Iranian military forces to defect. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been strikingKurdish groups and said on Tuesday that it targeted Kurdish forces with dozens of drones.
Also on Tuesday, President Donald Trump spoke with the president of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), Mustafa Hijri, according to a senior Iranian Kurdish official. KDPI was one of the groups targeted by the IRGC.
Iranian Kurdish opposition forces are expected to take part in a ground operation in Western Iran, in the coming days, the senior Iranian Kurdish official told CNN.
“We believe we have a big chance now,” the source said, explaining the timing of the operation. The source added the militias expect US and Israeli support.
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https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran

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Trump planning ground invasion of Iran using Kurdish forces (Original Post) Renew Deal Tuesday OP
Not sure how the Turks D. Spaulding Tuesday #1
That is a bad move..................... Lovie777 Tuesday #2
Every option is a reaction to the disaster the last decision caused. There is no plan.. Deuxcents Tuesday #3
My god. Will we never learn? Easterncedar Tuesday #4
Yes, we'll never learn, Agent Krasnov zorbasd Tuesday #28
If only we weren't taking the world down with us Easterncedar Tuesday #30
"Plan" B already! mobeau69 Tuesday #5
I really wasn't going to have a drink tonight... Easterncedar Tuesday #6
Have a double for me. Dunc Tuesday #18
Dark and stormy ok? Easterncedar Tuesday #29
Dunc my golden boy and i. Dunc Tuesday #33
Doubtless a wiser choice! Easterncedar Tuesday #35
One of the options in my repertoire. yellow dahlia Tuesday #39
I often say - I'm not day drinking...yet. yellow dahlia Tuesday #38
This is not going to be pretty newdeal2 Tuesday #7
Just think. bluestarone Tuesday #8
Oh, so he's going to fuck over the Kurds as well... just like Shrub did, eh? kysrsoze Tuesday #9
I thought it was Trump during his first term Dan Tuesday #16
It was. Why Mattis quit SecDef Strelnikov_ Tuesday #26
Trumpstein did Oct 2019in Syria TexLaProgressive Tuesday #19
He fucked them over... 2naSalit Tuesday #23
Great! Iran will have its own Gaza and West Bank! maxrandb Tuesday #10
Feels like I've seen this movie before...n/t leftstreet Tuesday #11
Someone needs to tell the Kurds C_U_L8R Tuesday #12
They just need to remember the Syrian Kurds TexLaProgressive Tuesday #21
Also, remember the Bay of Pigs invaders Bobstandard Tuesday #27
Our leaders are clueless and lack in human decency. PufPuf23 Tuesday #13
I've seen this movie before. Solly Mack Tuesday #14
Because that's ALWAYS worked so well in the past... regnaD kciN Tuesday #15
I hope they remember that Trump abandoned them in his first term karynnj Tuesday #17
The Kurds have been abandoned by the US so many times I'm sure that they realize that it is our markodochartaigh Tuesday #22
The Kurds have to be opportunistic fujiyamasan Tuesday #20
'Iranian Kurdish armed groups have *thousands* of forces ' SamuelTheThird Tuesday #24
What a GREAT Plan ! Remember the Last Iraq-Iran War??? Bread and Circuses Tuesday #25
Stay on your toes everyone Bev54 Tuesday #31
Just who is at the helm of Dept of Harebrained Schemes this month? Attilatheblond Tuesday #32
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Tuesday #34
I agree Renew Deal Tuesday #37
Bay of Pigs, anyone? NickB79 Tuesday #36

Easterncedar

(6,065 posts)
4. My god. Will we never learn?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:03 PM
Tuesday

I bet the Iranian people will be thrilled about this. And there's no harm in dumping more weapons on the ground to arm insurgents, right?

The Afghani Taliban have been so grateful for all we left for them.

zorbasd

(525 posts)
28. Yes, we'll never learn, Agent Krasnov
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:00 PM
Tuesday

fired all the smart, qualified public servants in the State and Defense Dept, & the Pentagon, and installed the utterly stupid MAGAt flunkey sycophants. We are sooo screwed as a country.

2naSalit

(101,994 posts)
23. He fucked them over...
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:35 PM
Tuesday

Last time he was disgracing us on the international stage. Somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if they're looking at a chance for payback.

PufPuf23

(9,789 posts)
13. Our leaders are clueless and lack in human decency.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:10 PM
Tuesday

Israel and Mossad have been busy destabilizing Iran.

"Freedom" in Iran will be a tortuous process is ever achieved in any of our lifetimes.

Anyone happy about this war is a fool.

markodochartaigh

(5,403 posts)
22. The Kurds have been abandoned by the US so many times I'm sure that they realize that it is our
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:33 PM
Tuesday

whey.

Sorry. Each time I read that we have abandoned the Kurds I really do feel ashamed of our political leadership. I wish that they had any other choice of allies.

fujiyamasan

(1,574 posts)
20. The Kurds have to be opportunistic
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:29 PM
Tuesday

So I can’t blame them for taking arms from the US and taking advantage of a power vacuum or regime collapse.

But there are serious capacity constraints Hogshit and the administration are clearly ignoring. Iran is capable of cranking out cheap drones almost endlessly and China will almost definitely supply them with components covertly in exchange for cheap oil. Intercepting those drones is expensive and costs several times more than the cost of producing them. As it is supply of intercepters is pressed with Ukraine.

Bread and Circuses

(1,897 posts)
25. What a GREAT Plan ! Remember the Last Iraq-Iran War???
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:52 PM
Tuesday

EIght Years
1 Million Dead
Chemical weapons flying around
Trench warfare with 14 year old boys sent to be Martyrs


Fun Times !

Bev54

(13,401 posts)
31. Stay on your toes everyone
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:02 PM
Tuesday

Watch also what he is doing domestically, I think he is going to do a lot of damage using the war as a distraction.

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