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Megathread for the US war on Iran | Week 20 of 2026 (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

❗️Trump says Kurdish groups only 'fight when they get paid', rebukes them for refusing to join US-led campaign against Iran

US President Donald Trump openly rebuked Kurdish factions from the White House on Monday, accusing the groups of "staling" weapons and failing to mobilize against the Iranian state. Amidst the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign, Trump expressed deep dissatisfaction with Kurdish leaders who he claimed failed to facilitate an internal uprising despite receiving US support.

"The Kurds take, take, take," Trump told reporters, dismissing their favorable standing in Congress by stating that while they have a reputation for fighting hard, "they fight hard when they get paid."

These comments follow widespread reports that the US attempted to funnel weaponry to Kurdish opposition groups to trigger internal instability within Iran. While Iranian Kurdish leaders have officially denied receiving such arms or agreeing to serve as a ground force for the western led campaign, the White House is increasingly vocal about their lack of cooperation.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/59415

Wake me up when the Kurdish political factions actually start fighting Imperialism.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Am I the only one weirded out by the mention of "Kurdish political factions" in a negative faction? I thought the Kurdish people were an ethnic group, so this wording is a bit strange to me (please correct me if I am misunderstanding something)...

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The Kurds are an ethnic group however they are largely represented by different political factions in various countries. These groups often tie the Kurdish struggle with imperialists due to oppurtnism and quite consistently end up aiding imperialism in the region up to a point where the unstable situation created by the imperialists ends up effecting the Kurds as a whole.

    The main faction in Syria was the YPG, who sided with the US against Asaad. Once the Syrian government fell and was replaced with the Jolani regime, they and their broader political project collapsed, within the year.

    Anti-Iranian Kurdish political parties/organizations also dominate a large part of Iraqi-Kurdistan political landscape. They are responsible for funneling weapons into anti-goverment cells within Iran proper and agitate Kurds in Iran to undermine the government. These organizations are armed and funded by the US.

    However, there are a few Kurdish political organizations that habe acted as anti-imperialists, though it's relatively uncommon unfortunately. I remember one in particular at the start of the war which attacked US bases in Iraq referring to themselves as "Kurdush Hezbollah".

    Basically, I'm saying that the various political organizations, parties, and militias that represent the Kurdish National Liberation struggle or Kurds in the region generally, very often end up siding with imperialists and having it cause blowback on Kurdish communities as a whole.

    In Syria specifically, they spent 10 years occupying the Syrian Government's oil fields in hopes of negotiating political autonomy, but in doing so they elped the US install a Turkish puppet into Syria. The US then promptly abandoned the Kurds by not arming them, and allowed Jolani to just roll into the territory they were controlling unrestrained. This was a scenario that "Pro-Asaad" (anti-Daesh) people had warned the Kurds about since 2015.

    Basically, I don't trust the groups upholding the Kurdish political struggle to make many wise moves in Syria’s current situation. They've consistently taken the most strategically ineffective path, and nothing has occurred which tells me that trend will change.

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