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News & Current Events Mar 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM

US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust

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US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust
www.timesofisrael.com
US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust
Mossad hoped ground campaign could ignite wider rebellion, but after plan was leaked, Iran bolstered defenses and regional US allies lobbied Trump to call it off, report says
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intricate_strands Mar 29, 2026 +1396
They can include leaks all they want, we all know it had nothing to do with leaks and everything to do with the USA using the Kurds and f****** them over repeatedly before this war.
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Alternative-Rub4464 Mar 29, 2026 +340
Yes. They need reassurance we will stand with them afterwards as long term allies. Which we should have done during the Iraq war.
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Sarellion Mar 29, 2026 +198
Considering that the US treats their longtime european allies like c*** and took the money paid for ukrianian weapons for themselves, any reassurances wouldn't be worth anything unless Trump offered himself as a hostage to ensure good behaviour. Yeah in ancient times, you traditionally offered your kids as hostages (or were made to do so), but I doubt their value.
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qwertyalguien Mar 30, 2026 +58
We all knew that backstabbing their allies would bring long term consequences, but seeing it happen so fast feels oddly cathartic. This damn war is the microcosm of everything everyone knew would ultimately happen with the macho foreign policy (busting up a good treaty, getting into unnecessary wars, having no help from former allies, and incredible military incompetence thanks to purging those not sucking dear leader)
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NuclearLunchDectcted Mar 30, 2026 +8
Ivanka would make him honor it. He doesn't give a shit about his boys though.
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Jaquemart Mar 30, 2026 +10
She's as interchangeable as any piece of meat.
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Sarellion Mar 30, 2026 +7
I thought about adding her, but he didn't talk about her much this term. He probably lost interest as she's 44 now.
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ComprehensiveOwl9023 Mar 30, 2026 +8
The US doesn't have allies it has vassals.
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broguequery Mar 30, 2026 +13
The US wishes it had vassals.
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Fritzkreig Mar 30, 2026 +2
For now they have a lot of vessels though!
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Toph84 Mar 30, 2026 +5
That's how Russians think because they have zero understanding of the idea of playing nice and thinks everything is a zero sum game where only majors powers exist (of which they're always a Major Power regardless of reality), and everyone else only exist to serve the major powers (this is their perception of Ukraine, that Ukraine is only fodder that exists to serve Russia, and their 2022 invasion was an attempt to bring the "serfs" back into the fold). It is also the belief of peabrain IQs like Trump who have no concept of diplomacy, and thinks everyone only plays nice with the USA because they are subservient because "clearly USA is the best nation in the world" and the USA's military might demands obedience. Russia paid it with the result of nearly all of Eastern Europe immediately scrambling to separate from Russia and align with NATO after the Soviet Union's fall. I would normally say "paid it with the lesson", but lesson implies they learned something when they didn't. They can't seem to fathom that Eastern Europe joined the West because Russia was a d*** to them (mildly putting it) and the West was friendlier and more prosperous, and instead coped inside their heads to this day it was actually a USA conspiracy to expand their borders (as Russia saw Europe as only pet vassals to the US, rather than independent entities with their own agency, so NATO "borders" are US borders in their heads). And Trump is currently in the find out phase of FAFO when originally US allies that were considered nearly inseparable have begun to completely form their own separate blocs to remove American influence and their dependence on the US, and global opinions soured immensely.
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kelldricked Mar 29, 2026 +28
And currently nobody is dumb enough to believe in american reassurances except americans themself
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ggf66t Mar 30, 2026 +11
We don't believe them either under trump and republicans
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Fala1 Mar 30, 2026 +3
Any assurance made under democrats will just be undone 4 years later when the American people decide they've had enough of slight incremental progress again.
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Lucky_Mongoose_4834 Mar 30, 2026 +21
At this point, there is literally nothing the US can do that would make the Kurds think we would stand by them; that’s not even Trump (although, he’s the worst!) it’s 50 years of back and forth infighting between Reps and Dems trying to f*** up each others foreign policy.
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MillionEyesOfSumuru Mar 30, 2026 +21
Trump screwed them over last term. I'm not sure they have to remember any farther back than that.
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Fritzkreig Mar 30, 2026 +3
My top post here was on that when they were fucked over in Syria!
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Elrundir Mar 30, 2026 +5
There is no longer any assurance America can provide anybody (except maybe Russia) that they will stand with them afterwards as long term allies. See: Canada.
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nicklor Mar 29, 2026 +2
Or Syria
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TachiH Mar 29, 2026 +53
Also that Turkey would come in behind the Kurds and wipe them out as they won't want them settling into lands.
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Aethermancer Mar 30, 2026 +4
Same president too
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agha0013 Mar 29, 2026 +737
Operation "let someone else do our dirty work for us" as a working title probably didn't instill a lot of confidence
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Cachar Mar 29, 2026 +131
But that worked so well in Nicaragua and Afghanistan in the 80s. They really became havens of stability and peace in their respective regions and never caused any issues internationally again.
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ZackRaynor Mar 29, 2026 +62
Combine that with the Trump admin having abandoned the U.S. Kurdish allies once already, in Syria.
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pongjinn Mar 29, 2026 +20
I'm picking up some sarcasm
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EgoTripWire Mar 29, 2026 +17
South Park's operation Get Behind the Darkies still holds true.
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w00t4me Mar 29, 2026 +52
It’s working though, just for Israel, who is getting American troops to die instead of theirs.
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MikeisET Mar 29, 2026 +11
Operation “epic pinky promise we won’t stab you in the back this time” was also unsuccessful
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Kranken_DeHogge Mar 29, 2026 +3524
>The TV report said that Israel’s Mossad spy agency had been working on the plan for years, citing foreign reports that the Mossad and CIA have long been arming the Kurds, and said Mossad chief David Barnea had presented it to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed it in Washington DC in the run-up to the war. The Kurds took US/Israeli weapons and then said "nah, I don't think we wanna do this" Good for them.
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zombiekoalas Mar 29, 2026 +1546
"Are you suddenly going to leave the war and abandon us without warning?.....wait...don't answer that."
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Loki-L Mar 29, 2026 +893
Why ever would the Kurds think that? Only because it happened every few years during the last 40 years?
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motorcycleboy9000 Mar 29, 2026 +663
"Fool me once, shame on... you... Fool me, won't get fooled again." - ancient Kurdish wisdom
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iron_coffin Mar 29, 2026 +125
Fool me 3+ times*
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SirNortonOfNoFux Mar 29, 2026 +53
F*** the peace sign
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TheBoyardeeBandit Mar 29, 2026 +42
Load the choppa
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Shutitmofo123 Mar 29, 2026 +29
Let it rain on you
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awfulWinner Mar 29, 2026 +3
Kurdish or Texan 😏
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kotorial Mar 29, 2026 +24
I know it's in Texas, probably they say it in Kurdistanessee.
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mbrocks3527 Mar 30, 2026 +80
Kurds: “Curse your sudden yet inevitable betrayal”
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dsdvbguutres Mar 29, 2026 +31
Is there a website where you can write reviews for proxy paramilitary organizations? 1 star, won't give stingers to these guys again.
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RainRainThrowaway777 Mar 30, 2026 +40
I assure you, the Kurds do not have 1-star reviews. As a paramilitary they are top-notch. They were the only force capable of fighting ISIS.
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raptorsango Mar 30, 2026 +9
I hear there are some proxy chaps In afghanistan who do well with stingers, that are like… totally chill
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Oracle-of-Guelph Mar 30, 2026 +5
Oh gawd, not Afghanistan again, again.
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dsdvbguutres Mar 30, 2026 +4
2 Afghan 2 Istan
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DokMabuseIsIn Mar 29, 2026 +208
>IDF Military Intelligence thought the plan had only a slim chance of success, the report said, and senior officials described it to Channel 12 as “imaginary” and “full of holes.” >However, it was presented both in Israel and the US as “hermetic,” the report claimed, amid confidence that “the Kurds would do their part.” > >This assessment helped Netanyahu convince Trump to proceed with the joint strikes on the regime from February 28, Channel 12 said, repeating a claim that has been widely reported. Coalitions are built on trust… not this.
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ggf66t Mar 30, 2026 +103
Netanyahu "trusts" trump to do his bidding like a good little dog
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[deleted] Mar 30, 2026 +44
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Lukas316 Mar 30, 2026 +24
So basically they knew it wouldn’t work, but lied to trump that it was a sure fire win. How can anyone be so easy to manipulate?
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dylanbitran Mar 30, 2026 +17
The question is how that person is the president of the US
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BoysenberryWise62 Mar 30, 2026 +4
Morons is the answer
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baconcheeseburgarian Mar 30, 2026 +145
Trump fucked the Kurds and abandoned them in Syria. Let them get slaughtered by Turkey. Our special forces guys said theyve been the best allies theyve ever worked with. This was after 20+ years of them being proxies during the GWOT and overthrowing multiple regimes. Then after we invaded Iran, we published fake stories saying the Kurds were attacking Iran which made them a target. I dont blame them for not trusting the US.
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Cognac_and_swishers Mar 29, 2026 +151
What I don't get is why so many people in the US and Israeli government were suddenly acting like the Kurds want to overthrow the government in Tehran and take over all of Iran. Hasn't their stated goal always been just to create an independent country in the relatively small area where Kurds are the majority?
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Lostinthestarscape Mar 29, 2026 +91
There's the other side of it too, an Iranian who wants the regime gone doesn't necessarily want to lose a chunk of Iran to the Kurds. Or maybe they're ok with it, but they don't agree on the size/location of the chunk, etc. They almost certainly don't want minority Kurdish government over all of Iran (and neither do realistic Kurds I assume).
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kingmanic Mar 30, 2026 +32
The British form of divide and conquer. Appoint a minority to govern, they can't stand on their own so the will do as the British asks. Then when British abandon them, they will resolrt to brutal repression to maintain control.
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Mechasteel Mar 29, 2026 +40
The territory in question is in Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Syria -- and it turns out seceding from 4 countries at once causes all 4 to gang up on you.
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bawbness Mar 29, 2026 +217
I’m so glad they didn’t fall for it for a third time.
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BabyBearBjorns Mar 29, 2026 +120
Turkey ready to attack the Kurds once the Kurds invade Iran likely sealed any other plans. Iran on 1 side counter attacking your invasion. Turkey on the other side attacking you. It would've ended in tragedy.
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der_innkeeper Mar 30, 2026 +22
Ah... So the report that came out the first week of the strikes about "kurds as ground forces" was true, and then collapsed. And then the Marines and the 82nd were deployed on short notice. And Vance called the Israelis, pissed, that they oversold the "the regime will fall quickly" spiel in the run up.
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Kranken_DeHogge Mar 30, 2026 +13
>So the report that came out the first week of the strikes about "kurds as ground forces" was true, and then collapsed. the most that was reported were "a few thousand' Kurdish troops. if the Trump administration was sold that as the big "regime will fall quickly" plan then they're even stupider than I thought possible
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ArchusKanzaki Mar 30, 2026 +3
>they're even stupider than I thought possible Eh. They already did. The fact that they have not even thought that Iran might close Hormuz so effectively and US Navy cannot / are not willing to force open the strait, a month into the war.... is already so stupid that it escaped any pre-war analyst gaming-out a potential US invasion of Iran. Kharag invasion won't do anything to open up the strait, but I'm betting Trump will do that anyway. Trump and the admin really thought that just because US does not get much blowback from last year's bombing, and that Venezuela kidnapping is so effective, that Iran will just roll over when US tries to mulligan the situation and change the negotiators..... Venezuela is a country that does not control any chokepoints, does not have actual ballistic program, does not have lots of latest equipment because of low oil price, and also does not have a fortress geography or population that can resist invasion. Iran is just entirely different beast
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ArchusKanzaki Mar 30, 2026 +3
Tbh, it's the most basic of CIA playbook. Everyone that ever looked at history knows this. Couple that with US that is loathed to actually commit ground troops, makes sense to have someone else to be the vanguard while they sit back in the sky or at home, dropping bombs when needed. Iran is already on-guard for any potential invasion with closure of the Iraq border since the beginning.
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ApplicationMaximum84 Mar 29, 2026 +19
They don't have the numbers, if we look back at the 2003 invasion of Iraq the US put ~130k troops on the ground at the start by the end it was just under half a million. Iran is a much bigger country, more difficult terrain, etc.
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Broken_Reality Mar 29, 2026 +243
Trusting Trump and Israel would have been a massive mistake for them. Hell it is a mistake for anyone to trust either of them.
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Spreadsheets_LynLake Mar 29, 2026 +64
Kurds realize that once Türkiye decides they're a threat, US doesn't have their back.  
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Broken_Reality Mar 29, 2026 +41
US has no ones back.
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SnooChickens1534 Mar 30, 2026 +16
It doesnt even have its citizens back at this stage....Maga lol.
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WorriedSmile Mar 30, 2026 +6
Except for their overseer, Israel.
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TurkeyBLTSandwich Mar 30, 2026 +17
Trump has reigned in on deals with the Kurds twice already, he was probably going for a third time? Kurd's weren't buying it this time. So thankfully less of them will be killed
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Broken_Reality Mar 30, 2026 +9
Has the US ever had the Kurds back?
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broguequery Mar 30, 2026 +6
Nope.
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GoodVibrations77 Mar 29, 2026 +82
Trump? It's a mistake to trust America
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surloc_dalnor Mar 29, 2026 +17
We've fucked them over repeatedly even before, but yeah Trump make it worse.
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Teripid Mar 29, 2026 +9
Murica: Cash Upfront Pretty well describes our credibility currently. Right up there with Trump's past lives.
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YF422 Mar 29, 2026 +56
"That's for the Syrian Sellout, ya schmucks" The Kurds. Probably. They probably realised doing deals with Republicans is like a deal with the devil. It's always a trap.
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ProgrammaticallyOwl7 Mar 30, 2026 +18
Doing deals with Americans***
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Jurodan Mar 30, 2026 +2
I am reading this in the voice used in Hellsing Abridged.
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Mechasteel Mar 29, 2026 +11
Wait did the Kurds pull an Uno Reverse on the CIA, Mossad, the US Navy, and the US+Israeli Air Force?
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znebsays Mar 29, 2026 +50
No it’s not because of that. Turkey just indicated they’ll take military action if Kurds initiate.
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NoName-Cheval03 Mar 29, 2026 +67
Well Turks take military action everytime the Kurds initiate something anyway. That is not like a surprise or anything and it is not likely to have been the main factor of decision.
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VerdugoCortex Mar 29, 2026 +7
What a useful NATO member. Just like when they funded ISIS across the border and let them use their hospitals, or the countless other times erdogans neoottoman state was a piece of shit
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Apprehensive_Sand793 Mar 29, 2026 +20
they are has useful has the United states, who keep Stirring shit up everywhere in the world.
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RainRainThrowaway777 Mar 30, 2026 +2
True, f*** Turkey for that but... The main goal of NATO is to counter Russian aggression, and they have lived up to that in supporting Ukraine. They gave them a ton of Byraktar Loitering Munition drones.
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Photofug Mar 29, 2026 +5
Should have went old school and asked for Barron to be a hostage as a token of good faith 
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rtyuuytr Mar 29, 2026 +25
Because they aren't stupid. Persia/Iran has been here for 2000 years and will be for the foreseeable future. Let's go invade their neighbor of 100 mln population. And wait to be curb stomped in the future when full US/Israeli backing wanes. What does CIA want Kurds to do? Take over Iran or something.
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Kranken_DeHogge Mar 29, 2026 +9
it's the smartest move. they get extra weapons and funding for negotiating autonomy with a weakened post-war Iranian state while not participating in outright insurrection against Iran and having it be known publicly that they played the West
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Joebranflakes Mar 30, 2026 +5
The US would have let them basically become cannon fodder. Then they would bail when the going gets tough.
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DM_me_ur_PPSN Mar 29, 2026 +7
The West has fucked the Kurds over more times than most of us have had hot meals, understandable they’d take the weapons and then tell the US to get fucked.
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broguequery Mar 30, 2026 +3
"Fool me once" energy from the Kurds. Well, really, more like fool me three times. Good for them finally realizing that the US can't be trusted.
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LateralEntry Mar 29, 2026 +7
I read reports the other way around. The Kurds are waiting for green light to attack from US and Israel, but US suddenly realized it could make things worse with Turkey and others getting involved against the Kurds
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Thurak0 Mar 30, 2026 +7
In the article the backstabbing from Turkey is one major concern of the Kurds, not Trump.
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rapzeh Mar 29, 2026 +2
Did they even say thank you?
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AnonEMoussie Mar 29, 2026 +3
Mossad. Why does that ring a bell? Didn’t they know Trumps good friend of twenty years Jeffrey “I swear I don’t work for Mossad” Epstein?
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15438473151455 Mar 29, 2026 +1
TBF, America has not been a reliable partner.
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UselessInsight Mar 29, 2026 +179
We betrayed the Kurds in Iraq and Syria. Why would they trust us in Iran? This is what Trump’s (sh)Art of the Deal bullshit gets us - no one trusts us.
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gizamo Mar 29, 2026 +30
Very different Kurds. But, yeah, no one should trust Trump.
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cogman10 Mar 29, 2026 +43
Different kurds, but also they too have the internet. Also Iran's military is far more formidable compared to Iraq's or Syria's.
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Gaytrude Mar 30, 2026 +9
I mean... Who does ? The USA speed run from having the best soft power to being the laughing stock in geopolitics. Even the freaking UK who always said "Yes daddy" finally said no. There's litteraly no one who trust the USA, and it's gonna let a huge stain, even for their next presidents
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fuggitdude22 Mar 29, 2026 +359
In retrospect, this is for the better. The State Department has a long history of backstabbing Kurds left and right. From the Treaty of Sevres, Iraqi-Kurdish War, after the first Gulf War, after the second Gulf War (they promised them national sovereignty just to enable Turkey to invade Iraq), the Kirkuk Crisis (2017) and again in Syria (2019). Edit: Mixed up treaties.
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intricate_strands Mar 29, 2026 +90
I'd argue those events were the real and only reason this "plan" failed. No leaks and even a more trustworthy administration would not have alleviated the mistrust from a decade plus of us f****** them over.
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WasteBinStuff Mar 29, 2026 +38
_Century_
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surloc_dalnor Mar 29, 2026 +10
But the nature of Trump sure didn't help.
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intricate_strands Mar 29, 2026 +3
The nature of Trump put us in the entire situation unnecessarily to start with, so yeah.
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Thurak0 Mar 30, 2026 +8
Especially as the biggest betrayal in Syria was from Trump himself. No way the Kurds would give their lives for that to repeat.
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Tacti_Kel_Nuke Mar 29, 2026 +8
Sykes Pickot Treaty?? The one between France and Britain?? Where's the US in that?
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Agantas Mar 29, 2026 +13
What does the US have to do Sykes-Picot, which was an agreement between the British and the French?
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TreatAffectionate453 Mar 30, 2026 +8
Honestly, I'm not surprised that every betrayal happened under post southern-strategy Republican administrations - aside from Treaty of Sevres. Conservatives loved betraying allies even before Trump. Hopefully, people remember that.
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Spiritual-Pear-1349 Mar 29, 2026 +36
Considering the US already abandoned them once this year to massive effect, yeah I dont blame them.
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Foreign-Chocolate86 Mar 29, 2026 +140
Everyone thinks the Kurds are one amorphous monolith of super ethnic fighters, ignoring that there are a number of regional and sub-regional differences between groups of Kurds with century-long beefs running between villages only a dozen miles from each other.
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Primary_Ad3580 Mar 30, 2026 +13
That’s pretty true of any political entity. No one thinks the Kurds are an amorphous entity; they’re referring to Kurdish groups already in exile that form their own governments in anticipation for Kurdish independence/autonomy. Calm yourself.
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AdventurousBase221 Mar 30, 2026 +3
plenty of people do, hence why you see things like america abandons kurds, despite america being the reason why the iraqi Kurdistan is legally recognized. I mean, just a month ago many listnookors thought the peshmerga would be playing a major role in this....we can only assume it was because they were Kurdish, so obviously they have to support other kurds.
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Affectionate-Tip-164 Mar 29, 2026 +26
Why would the kurds even believe them again?
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BoringEntropist Mar 29, 2026 +20
As far as I'm informed the Iranian Kurds don't have much appetite for joining the fight. They might not like the Mullahs regime that much, but a working Iranian state provides some protection from Turkish intervention. 
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WasteBinStuff Mar 29, 2026 +86
That's just f****** outrageous! The Kurds are supposed to support us with their outstanding military skills and devoted loyalty, and we're supposed to offer promises and then abandon them to their fate when we're done with them! That's how it's _supposed_ to work! That's how it's _always_ worked! How the hell are we expected to get anything done in the Middle East without the help of Kurds to betray? F***!
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Key-Monk6159 Mar 29, 2026 +17
The Kurds have been betrayed at least all the way back to Nixon.
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ForgingIron Mar 29, 2026 +13
I imagine the Kurds don't want to get sold out by foreign powers for like the seventh time
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Dookie120 Mar 29, 2026 +10
Distrust as in Kurds not wanting to get the carpet pulled from underneath them again? Tbh how could they trust ANY US admin let alone one run by an infamous corrupt back stabber
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DistanceToEmpty Mar 29, 2026 +18
Trump is getting ready to aimlessly wonder away from this war and everyone knows it. Good for the Kurds for not getting burned for a ~~2nd3rd4th7th~~8th time since WW1.
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Falconman21 Mar 30, 2026 +2
I wish he would get to it already. Should have dropped it when they didn’t bend over night one of the strikes. They called the bluff, he can’t escalate to the degree he would need to “win.”
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Canadian_Kartoffel Mar 29, 2026 +10
> Amid all of this, the Kurds themselves expressed wariness about their prospects against the Iranian regime, as well as about Washington’s reliability. They began demanding “political guarantees” as opposed to just military support, the report said. > The concern came after recent events in Syria, where the US relied on Kurdish fighters to defeat the Islamic State group in the country’s civil war only for Trump to back new president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s offensive to take over Kurdish-held areas and re-integrate them into the central state. I guess being a traitor to former allies doesn't always work out.
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Hendlton Mar 30, 2026 +10
What possible reason would the Kurds have to distrust the US? I wonder... The latest betrayal isn't just within living memory, they're literally the same guys that *this very administration* betrayed previously.
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AccordingInsect3481 Mar 29, 2026 +7
Kurds made the right choice.
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neontetra1548 Mar 29, 2026 +30
Sir, the regional actors refuse to be massacred for Israel and Trump.
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SeraphOfTheStart Mar 29, 2026 +23
Turkey's response was main reason if I'm correct, Turkish intelligence receives information from Kurdish agents in Kurdish community that US plans for a Kurdish invasion of Iran, since any functioning Kurdish owned government with lands to call as their own is viewed as a threat, (especially that close to borders) Turkey then responded by saying that they will also take military action if Kurds are mobilized, so US kinda shelved it for now. To me it's a very dumb approach to use Kurds, Turkish intelligence was trained by CIA and remains and active intelligence sharing ally, and military have very close ties with American military since even SAT commandos of Turkey were trained by American military personnel, worst thing you can do is to alienate an ally that has first hand experience of your military and intelligence structure themselves.
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Settra_Rulez Mar 29, 2026 +11
Sounds like the Kurds were originally on board with the plan under US and Israeli air protection to take a shot at weakening the regime, then started asking for firm political guarantees, which was always the bridge too far.
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Nearby-Lab0 Mar 29, 2026 +13
Yup, anyone who thought this was going to happen has no understanding of the US - Turkey relationship
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VerdugoCortex Mar 29, 2026 +2
Kontrgerilla deep state not so deep these days
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siouxbee1434 Mar 29, 2026 +5
Why would the Kurds trust this administration?
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Restart_from_Zero Mar 30, 2026 +5
Dear Kurds, We know you've been failed and betrayed again and again. But \_this\_ time we swear we'll support you and aren't just sending you to your deaths. Signed, Trump and Netanyahu
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tismschism Mar 29, 2026 +12
"No Whey" \-Kurds 2026
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DrMacAndDog Mar 29, 2026 +15
Why would the Kurds trust them?
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I_am_BrokenCog Mar 29, 2026 +10
I was talking with my son about how we gave Iraqi's lies and promises about "help" and "immigration to the US" and "protection" and the other bullshit which they took as genuine offers. The American people are stupid enough to fall for the same tricks: "burn me twice ... come back daddy" is more American than apple pie. But, most people in the world are not that gullible nor stupid.
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imanchats Mar 29, 2026 +4
Forcing the Kurds into this conflict?!
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letsseeitmore Mar 29, 2026 +4
Kurds need to tell tRump to get fucked. He left them to get slaughtered before.
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ZincLloyd Mar 29, 2026 +4
Also because it was a stupid as f*** idea. “Hey, ethnic minority. How about you try to overthrow a government in a country where you make up 10% of the population. “
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wildcarde815 Mar 30, 2026 +4
No shit. Why the f*** would they trust the US? Especially trump, he's betrayed them to their face once already.
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HausuGeist Mar 30, 2026 +4
Kind of happens when you turn your back on your allies.
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risforpirate Mar 30, 2026 +5
Why would the Kurds trust Israel and the US, history has proven that we'll f*** them the moment they aren't needed.
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Borne2Run Mar 30, 2026 +7
Good. Operation "Betray the Kurds Again #3" was a horrible idea.
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batwing71 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Distrust?! Really! Who would’ve thought! /s
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SnozberryTheMighty Mar 29, 2026 +3
Do yourself a favor and look at "A Clean Break". All the wars in the middle east of er the past 25 years will start making sense. We are Isreals little bitches apparently.
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Nomanodyssey Mar 29, 2026 +3
Trump sucks at this, guess he shouldn’t have bailed on the Kurds years ago
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Explorer335 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Iran is larger than Iraq and Afghanistan _combined_ and they have a population of over 90 million. More than half the country is rugged maintains. An invasion would be an absolute nightmare. Everyone except for the current American administration knows this. The Kurds have the common sense to know that the conflict would outlast American military support.
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HotFartore Mar 30, 2026 +3
Kurds have been betrayed many times, if they fall for this then they would be stupid. You can fool some people once, you can fool them twice, but you can't fool them always
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The_Wazlib Mar 30, 2026 +3
Same guy who left them to the mercy of the Turkish Army btw. Don’t blame them for not wanting to have the same experience twice. Trump should really ask himself why nobody wants to help him instead of ranting about it online. Maybe because it’s the fact that he has pissed on most of his allies each time they offered help?
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belabase7789 Mar 30, 2026 +3
Kurds remember what happened in Afghanistan.
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apocalyptustree Mar 30, 2026 +3
Was the 'leak', maybe Donald Jackass Trump telegraphing that "help was on the way" to Iranian protesters when no US warships were yet on the way to Iran?
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MegaPlane2 Mar 30, 2026 +3
They have been betrayed by the US before. They have no reason to trust the US.
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beekeeper1981 Mar 29, 2026 +9
Sounds as bad as Russia's intelligence and investments corrupting Ukraine, making the Kremlin believe they would win within weeks. Mossad supposedly had been seriously working in Iran to enable the collapse of the regime after starting the war. Neither of these plans seem strategically accurate. This is a major failure of Israeli and American leadership.
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tecdaz Mar 29, 2026 +4
Routine Trump outcome
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FunctionalGray Mar 29, 2026 +5
Every able bodied male in the US who voted for this should be signing up: willing to sacrifice themselves for the oil barons and their orange god. Where ya’ll at?
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Little-Carpenter4443 Mar 29, 2026 +2
kind of reminds me of that scene in movies where they all point the guns at one another in a circle
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oforfucksake Mar 29, 2026 +2
Always got to f*** with the Kurds.
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LeftLane4PassingOnly Mar 29, 2026 +2
If Trump knows, others know. The dude can’t keep a secret.
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Relevant-Doctor187 Mar 30, 2026 +2
All of us saying don’t.
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blackopal2 Mar 30, 2026 +2
Kurds having trust issues with Trump??? Say it isn't so!
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008Zulu Mar 30, 2026 +2
Trump found out he had to plan, and lost interest.
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wiqi1 Mar 30, 2026 +2
We have a local saying here in Pakistan: to be an enemy of a cop is bad; to be the friend of a cop is worse.
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junkiexxl Mar 30, 2026 +2
A Trump never pays his debts
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SilentHuntah Mar 30, 2026 +2
>US President Donald Trump initially welcomed the involvement of Kurdish fighters, before reversing himself later on. Just say it. Trump leaked.
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Ardalev Mar 30, 2026 +2
Gee, I wonder why the people who have been repeatedly fucked over and left out to dry, are now less than eager to help.
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Bl0wUpTheM00n Mar 30, 2026 +2
Why the Kurds would ever trust the US again is beyond me.
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Objective_Mousse7216 Mar 30, 2026 +1
How would you like to get shot in the front and then shot in the back?
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KaiserSaladSpinner Mar 30, 2026 +3
Can you blame the Kurds? Honestly?
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im_new_here_4209 Mar 30, 2026 +2
Good. Kurds don't deserve to be sacrificed again. Do it yourself, America. Send Barron first.
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SigSweet Mar 29, 2026 +2
Good for the Kurds. You can't trust USreal. Took their weapons and peaced out.
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TriscuitCracker Mar 29, 2026 +1
Reeeeeally can’t blame the Kurds on this one. Why on Earth would they trust US and Israel?
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The_Great_Dadvid Mar 29, 2026 +1
Interesting
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FlyLikeATachyon Mar 29, 2026 +1
They really can't do anything right.
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Lethaldiran-NoggenEU Mar 30, 2026 +1
"The TV Report said" All I need to read.
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Bobbert84 Mar 30, 2026 +1
This isn't entirely fair framing or an accurate headline. It would be more accurate to say the deal broke down cause the US decided the purchase wasn't worth the price. The Kurds would have invaded likely if the US gave certain guarantees. They were not willing to give those. This indicates the US didn't believe it needed them or wanted to clean up the mess after (probably more concerned with the geopolitical mess). They would have liked the idea of the Kurds throwing themselves at the IRGC for pretty much free, in hopes they can build a little piece for themselves without help from the US. But they saw this as a bad idea, and rightly so from their POV. From the US POV if they backed the Kurds and made promises it probably wouldn't have been enough to finish the conflict. The US probably still would have needed to act and push the Artesh into a coup. Which would have fought the Kurds. Now you have 2 partners you are trying to work with who are working against each other. So long story short. The US is making a bet they don't need to make such a huge mess to get what they want. A mess they would probably need to clean up some to keep the oil flowing. But cleaning up a mess is better than a situation where the IRGC stays is power for the US. We will see if they are right.
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