Now we learn that the Trump-Hegseth plan is for the CIA to arm the ethnic Kurdish population in Northern Iran so they can revolt against the Iranian government, which will cause the Iranian armed forces to deploy to N Iran which would leave the rest of the country undefended so the Iranian people can rise up and establish a new, pro-US government.
Is the US being led by stupid, incompetent fools or is the US being led by stupid, incompetent fools?
Oh, wait a minute — we ARE being led by stupid, incompetent fools.
Northern Iran borders on Western Turkey. The Kurds are a minority group in both Iran and Turkey as well as spilling over into the smaller states around the junction of Iran and Turkey. And, as with ethnic minorities everywhere, the Kurds for centuries have taken a lot of abuse from the ruling ethnic group wherever the Kurds live. The Kurds have been a problem for both Iran and Turkey.
Does no one remember the Turkish slaughters of the Kurds in 1923, 1930, and 1937-38?
And so now CIA and US Army Special Forces are going to go boldly under cover into N Iran-W Turkey, arm the Kurds and bring down the Iranian regime while the Turks stand by? Turkey will go batshit crazy when we start this nonsense.
This is what happens when (1) the SECDEF is a failed National Guard major who was tossed out of the Guard because his record showed he would never be promoted to lieutenant colonel; (2) when the President is a fool in every sense of the word; and (3) when Congress is controlled by cowards like Rob Wittman who don’t dare stand up and demand that good sense, serious policy, and realistic strategy be employed.