Boots on the Ground

Kurdish YPG Sniper

Kurdish boots, that is. We all are savvy enough to know American boots of the Special variety are already in-country. Doubtless they will soon be advising the Kurds and assisting with air support chores, for example. They won’t have to train them to fight.

Why Kurds could be the biggest threat to the mullahs — as fighters launch ground offensive against Iran

By Ronny Reyes

Thousands of Kurdish fighters launched a ground offensive inside Iran on Wednesday, according to reports — following claims that Israel and the US were hoping that the armed ethnic minority group could help overthrow the Islamist regime.

The Kurdish forces are operating along the Iran-Iraq border, where its major militias are based, with the goal of applying pressure to Iran’s scrambling security forces, the Jerusalem Post reported.

The ground offensive seeks to divert Iran’s military and security resources, which would open the way for an uprising inside the country, sources told the outlet.

It remains unclear whether the well trained Kurdish militias in the self-governed region if Iraqi Kurdistan will get involved.

Some US intel reports suggested that Iraqi Kurds were also involved in the operation, though Aziz Ahmad, a top official in the Kurdish region of Iraq denied Kurdish fighters had crossed the border into Iran.
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Despite decades of repression, the Kurds remain one of the most organized and well-armed opposition groups in Iran — united by their ethnic identity, with militias based in neighboring Iraq.

Kurdish fighters notably fought with the US against Saddam Hussein in Iraq, with the former dictator accused of attempting an ethnic genocide against the Kurds in the late 80s.

Kurdish militias also took on Islamist insurgents during as the US tried to stabilize the country.

The Kurds also helped in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria.

The Kurds are not fools and can see the opportunity offered despite a somewhat checkered past with the US. Arming and advising them will draw out the Iranian forces, exposing them to attack and perhaps relieving pressure on the citizens and allowing them to rise up in revolt. I’m sure means to support this are in-work already. An added bonus is an armed and trained Kurd militia will be a thorn in Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan’s ass.
Win-win.

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