If these guys really think they can put some GI Joe's in Iran they are gonna learn the hard way why not even Rome could pull that off.
Hey I just came here to ask you this... and I mean no disrespect... how many times are the Kurdish people going to let themselves get used by the US and then get tossed aside? Are they down that bad but still have the numbers to make something work?
It seems like they should be prime candidates for a "we're gonna sit this one out"
Definitely a good point.
Its something Kurdish people ask themselves everytime.
The issue with Kurdish people is that you really have no choice.
You're stuck between 4 countries because England and France arbitrarily drew up borders in a way that benefitted them 100 years ago, and all four countries have been viciously oppressive towards you.
Fast forward to today, in Iran, Kurds are getting killed everyday, can't use their language for official capacities like education, can't have cultural centers, music etc etc.
The status quo is already as bad as it is. And Iran is too strong to fight on their own. The Kurds are willing to fight, but how do you get enough guns and ammunition? They have enough to arm like 20-30k soldiers but you cant use that to fight a regime of a million. Plus they have tanks and planes etc.
So unfortunately for the Kurds, you never have a good card to play. On one hand you have America again coming and begging you to fight, and you know they gonna leave you out to dry as soon as they find an alternative, but on the other hand, if you don't take this chance, who knows when the next one will come.
So for Kurds, it's not that we trust America naively. The internal discussion is the opposite. Its how do we work with America in a way where we don't trust at all and need to figure out what happens when they eventually sell us out.
The hope is that by the time that happens, you are at least in a better position than you were before.
Thats happened in Syria. After fighting and beating ISIS back, the US sold the Kurds out to Turkey and the new Syrian govt. And yea it sucks for us and sets us back, but we now have more rights and recognition in Syria than ever before.
All that to say, the Kurds aren't going into this blindly. Its more like all the cards we have are shitty as fuck, and maybe joining this fight will put us in a better situation in 3 years. Either America puts a no fly zone in the area and protects it like they did with Iraq even after the war, or the Iranian regime gets spread thin and they come to negotiate etc etc.
Chances are that US leaves them out to dry and they get slaughtered again too.
No real good options.
Its just you got to do something when the opportunity comes even knowing the risk that shit could be a slaughter cause you are always stuck with the shittiest hand to play.
