Trump planning ground invasion of Iran using Kurdish forces

[Renew Deal]

Washington and Erbil, Iraq
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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

[D. Spaulding]

1. Not sure how the Turks

are going to react to that.

[Lovie777]

2. That is a bad move.....................

Turkey is watching.

[Deuxcents]

3. Every option is a reaction to the disaster the last decision caused. There is no plan..

[Easterncedar]

4. My god. Will we never learn?

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]

28. Yes, we'll never learn, Agent Krasnov

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.

[Easterncedar]

30. If only we weren't taking the world down with us

[mobeau69]

5. "Plan" B already!

[Easterncedar]

6. I really wasn't going to have a drink tonight...

[Dunc]

18. Have a double for me.

[Easterncedar]

29. Dark and stormy ok?

[Dunc]

33. Dunc my golden boy and i.

We’re unwinding with peanut butter and graham crackers.

[Easterncedar]

35. Doubtless a wiser choice!

[yellow dahlia]

39. One of the options in my repertoire.

Especially apropos - in these times.

[yellow dahlia]

38. I often say - I'm not day drinking...yet.

[newdeal2]

7. This is not going to be pretty

Trump is an idiot. This is a very dangerous situation.

[bluestarone]

8. Just think.

3 FUCKING Years of this no good bunch of MONSTERS!!

[kysrsoze]

9. Oh, so he's going to fuck over the Kurds as well... just like Shrub did, eh?

SMH

[Dan]

16. I thought it was Trump during his first term

That screwed over the Kurds.?

[Strelnikov_]

26. It was. Why Mattis quit SecDef

[TexLaProgressive]

19. Trumpstein did Oct 2019in Syria

[2naSalit]

23. He fucked them over...

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.

[maxrandb]

10. Great! Iran will have its own Gaza and West Bank!

What could possibly go wrong?

[leftstreet]

11. Feels like I've seen this movie before...n/t

[C_U_L8R]

12. Someone needs to tell the Kurds

that Trump always stiffs his vendors.

[TexLaProgressive]

21. They just need to remember the Syrian Kurds

[Bobstandard]

27. Also, remember the Bay of Pigs invaders

[PufPuf23]

13. Our leaders are clueless and lack in human decency.

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.

[Solly Mack]

14. I've seen this movie before.

[regnaD kciN]

15. Because that's ALWAYS worked so well in the past...

[karynnj]

17. I hope they remember that Trump abandoned them in his first term

[markodochartaigh]

22. The Kurds have been abandoned by the US so many times I'm sure that they realize that it is our

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]

20. The Kurds have to be opportunistic

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.

[SamuelTheThird]

24. 'Iranian Kurdish armed groups have *thousands* of forces '

Yeah, the math doesn't work there...

[Bread and Circuses]

25. What a GREAT Plan ! Remember the Last Iraq-Iran War???

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


Fun Times !

[Bev54]

31. Stay on your toes everyone

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

[Attilatheblond]

32. Just who is at the helm of Dept of Harebrained Schemes this month?

[PeaceWave]

34. Listen again to Trump's initial 8 minute announcement regarding the attack on Iran...

He clearly telegraphed boots on the ground. It's not like it was a secret he was heading in this direction.

[Renew Deal]

37. I agree

[NickB79]

36. Bay of Pigs, anyone?

Even if it works, it will fracture Iran into a civil war.