CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say(www.cnn.com)
9 pointsby Imustaskforhelp8 hours ago5 comments
  • mamonster5 hours ago
    This sounds like something that they came up with over the weekend and not a well developed plan.

    1. Go look at a topology map of Iran. You don't want to be conducting an offensive operation from Kurdish regions.

    2. Other assets/revolutionaries in Iran were heavily repressed a month ago. If this was planned well you would sync them up.

    3. USA sat back while Shaaraa strong armed Kurds into submission. Now comes back with Iran promises.

    4. Anything involving Kurds, even in Iran, requires Erdogan to be onboard. I don't get the sense he has been paid off and he is likely the next target if Iran is gone.

  • aurareturn8 hours ago
    Highly relevant: https://youtu.be/jIS2eB-rGv0?si=HOKPKTLSJht_c4yy&t=2074

    too long didn't watch: Iran has a big fresh water supply issue. US and Israel will first target water supplies in upcoming attacks. US and Israel strategy will then switch to dividing Iran's different ethnicities and regions and arm them so they can fight each other for remaining dinimished water supply.

    • anovikov7 hours ago
      That looks like a good idea to me. Whatever works i guess, is good enough.
      • Ekaros7 hours ago
        I wonder could we do something like this with USA. Really get them going against each other. Split up all states from each other. And maybe even split the states themselves to be smaller. Then we could exploit the resources there and ship them to rest of the world.
      • jpmoral6 hours ago
        It's a horrible idea that will cause untold death and suffering among the civilian population.
        • anovikov5 hours ago
          Well... the world doesn't need Iran to be anything or do anything. We need it to not be a lot of things though. I don't think we lose anything even if it goes completely to hell as long as it will no longer be a problem for others.
          • actionfromafar4 hours ago
            The only place which worked out somewhat like that is North Korea. I think the risk of chaos spreading from Iran is high.
  • DrScientist7 hours ago
    Had a Trump representative on the radio literally this morning talking about how Iran fomented chaos around the world.

    No self awareness in the slightest.

  • mothballed3 hours ago
    PJAK is a listed terror organization. There is no legal way for CIA to supply them. The fact they claim to be interacting with the KDPI (the civil political organization) is just cover for the fact it is actually PJAK (the militia).

      Under E.O. 13224, any assets PJAK has under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen, and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with PJAK.[]
    [] https://web.archive.org/web/20230829135028/https://home.trea...
  • actionfromafar7 hours ago
    Highly relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings

    "Following initial victories, the revolution was held back from continued success by internal divisions as well as a lack of anticipated American [...] support"