Trump sent guns to Iranian protesters through Kurdish militias

Iran-Contra?

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I had a conservative friend say that Obama did this and he used that in an argument with me. Oh, how the turn tables...

Every war we’ve ever been directly or indirectly involved in?

French, Chinese, and Philippine insurgencies during ww2? Iran contra? Afghanistan Taliban vs Russia? South Vietnamese early 60’s? Kurds… often? Various Central American uprising groups.

I believe it was the French, in the American revolutionary wars?

His own words, completely unprompted. "We sent some guns, but the group that was to give -- which I said would happen to my people, I said it, I quoted it exactly -- We sent guns, a lot of guns, they were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against the thugs. You know what happened? The people that they sent them to kept them, because they said 'what a beautiful gun, I think I'll keep it', so I'm very upset with a certain group of people, and they're gonna pay a big price for that."

Wouldn't be the first time. Remember Syria? It's actually a major reason why there was 10000 TOW missile videos. Because they wouldn't replace or supply them with more unless they showed proof they used them.

Didn't he leave the Kurds to die during his first term? If these folks that received these weapons were associated in some way then why the hell would they trust him? Of course they stole the shit. That fuckin idiot. 

So the plan is: 1 betray the Kurds 2 arm the Kurds 3 ??? 4 guns are gone Step 5 is gunna be messy.

Pam bondi said this is the most transparent administration in the history of the US. Between admitting this and blatantly disclosing that he wants to take the oil of every country we've engaged in military action with in this admin, she might be a broken clock.

Crickets from the folks who crashed out over the Taliban getting ahold of abandoned U.S military hardware and blaming Biden.

Sounds similar to Obama's Operation Fast and Furious, which the GOP lost their minds over. Not that hypocrisy matters anymore.

I don't necessarily believe that part. He's trying to explain why we haven't seen the uprising they were trying to foment. It's just as likely that certain groups did receive the weapons but are not organized or stupid enough to take to the streets (yet).

2 fast 2 furious?

Didn't he accuse Obama of trafficking guns to cartels?

Iran-Contra all over again.

Funding guns and this war with US taxpayer dollars while they plan to slash healthcare programs and continue to f*** Americans over with higher grocery and gas prices.

Probably Oliver North

They don't need an Oliver north this time. They are just admitting it all on television.

I'd bet good money on Kegsbreath being the next one thrown under the bus for Trumps incompetence once this war is over and more comes out

Lol that's nothing: * A 2016 investigation by the non-profit Action on Armed Violence looked at 14 years of Pentagon contracts. They found that out of 1.5 million firearms provided to Iraqi and Afghan security forces, the Department of Defense only had records for about 700,000. That means roughly 800,000 weapons effectively vanished from the books. * A Government Accountability Office report in 2007 revealed the US completely lost track of 190,000 weapons (specifically 110,000 AK-47s and 80,000 pistols) meant for Iraqi security forces in just a couple of years. * In 2020, a Pentagon Inspector General report found that the US failed to properly account for $715 million worth of weapons and gear funneled to anti-ISIS allies in Syria, leaving "thousands" of weapons vulnerable to loss or theft. * Recent Pentagon audits have admitted to losing track of over $1 billion in military gear sent to Ukraine due to monitoring shortfalls, and they have struggled to properly track massive portions of the military aid sent to Israel. Losing track of a couple of thousand assault rifles seems trivial by comparison.

This is the US we are talking about, they send guns to any potentially usable militia or resistance group. And have been for decades.

Nobody mentioned that we needed to send ammo. Whoopsie.

I think we’re past trying. More like “look at HOW MUCH we destabilized the region. Again.”

This also makes the “Iran is killing its protesters!” look a lot less like “Iran does a thousand Kent States” and a lot more like “Iran fights a short civil war”.

US wants iran to be balkanized like Yugoslavia

You can only use and f*** over a group so many times before they get wise and f*** you first

More than that. There's many historical examples of ethnic minorities being cleansed when the ethnic majority's government becomes unstable or collapses. Having the means to defend themselves means the Kurds are significantly more likely to survive this clusterfuck regardless of the outcome. And, bonus points, they haven't given the Iranian government a legitimate reason to label them subversives that need to be crushed.

US will soon leave Iran and Kurds would be abandoned, once again

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We did the same in Iraq. Let’s not pretend Trump is the only one to dip his toes into that pool.

There's a saying that the Kurds have which that they "have no friends but the mountains". Definitely can't be upset they did this.  It'll be interesting to see if any of those guns end up in PKK Hands and back in Turkey.... 

The Kurds in general got screwed over by the US like almost 10 times by now so eh. Just the things I can recall: * The Post-WWI Treaty of Lausanne (1923): After World War I, the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) initially promised the Kurds an autonomous state. However, the Western powers (including the U.S., which supported the Wilsonian principle of self-determination) pivoted to the Treaty of Lausanne to appease the new Republic of Turkey. This treaty ignored Kurdish claims entirely, dividing their traditional lands between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, and leaving them as the world's largest stateless ethnic group. * The 1975 Algiers Accord: the Nixon administration (orchestrated by Henry Kissinger) encouraged Iraqi Kurds to rebel against Saddam Hussein to benefit the Shah of Iran. When Iran and Iraq reached a territorial agreement (the Algiers Accord), the U.S. abruptly halted all aid. The rebellion collapsed, and thousands were killed or displaced. Kissinger famously remarked at the time, "Covert action should not be confused with missionary work." * The 1988 "Anfal" Campaign: During the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. provided intelligence and economic support to Saddam Hussein despite knowing he was using chemical weapons against the Kurds. The U.S. did not intervene during the Halabja chemical attack or the broader Anfal genocide, which killed between 50,000 and 182,000 Kurds. * The 1991 Post-Gulf War Uprising: After the Gulf War, President George H.W. Bush encouraged Iraqis to rise up against Saddam. When the Kurds did so, the U.S. did not provide the expected military support. Saddam’s forces crushed the rebellion, leading to a humanitarian crisis where millions fled into the mountains. * The 1996 Internal Conflict: During a period of Kurdish infighting in Northern Iraq, one faction (the KDP) briefly aligned with Saddam Hussein to oust a rival. The U.S. failed to protect its local CIA-backed opposition personnel in Erbil, many of whom were captured and executed by Iraqi forces as the U.S. withdrew. * The 2003 Post-Invasion Stabilization: Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Kurds were the most reliable allies on the ground. However, during the drafting of the new Iraqi constitution the Kurds felt the U.S. repeatedly prioritized the demands of Sunni and Shia Arab factions in Baghdad over Kurdish territorial and constitutional rights. Specifically, the U.S. failed to enforce Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, which was supposed to resolve the status of disputed territories like Kirkuk via a referendum. By letting this stall for over a decade, the U.S. left the Kurds vulnerable to the eventual 2017 crackdown. * The 2017 Independence Referendum: After Iraqi Kurds voted overwhelmingly for independence, the Iraqi central government moved to retake the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Despite the Kurds being a primary U.S. ally against ISIS, the U.S. remained neutral, allowing Baghdad to seize roughly 40% of Kurdish-controlled territory. * The 2019 Withdrawal from Northern Syria: President Trump ordered a sudden withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Syrian-Turkish border. This move effectively "greenlit" a Turkish military incursion against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who had served as the U.S.'s primary ground partner in the fight against ISIS and had suffered over 11,000 casualties in that effort. And now Trump is surprised some of them might have said "f*** this agreement with the US"? lol.

America are the bad guys

>America put absurdly inhumane sanctions on Iran. >Then the economic conditions created protests. [The sanctions were deliberately designed to crash Iran's econmy to create unrest:](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/13/us-says-it-caused-dollar-shortage-to-trigger-iran-protests-what-that-means) >Before this, speaking with Fox News at the World Economic Forum last month in Davos, Bessent explained the role US sanctions played in driving the recent nationwide protests. >“President Trump ordered Treasury … to put maximum pressure on Iran, and it’s worked,” he said. “Because in December, their economy collapsed. They are not able to get imports, and this is why the people took to the streets.”