"This group is actually listed by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization—also listed by Iran and Turkey. It's akin to the PKK, or the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which operates in Iraq and Syria. We have to be very cautious about dealing with groups like this."
"There's been a lot of talk about arming the Kurds. Many of these Kurdish separatist groups that are in Iran already are armed. Look, if we're going to work with them, I would just highly suggest the Trump administration remove that terrorist designation. It's a really bad look."
"It really hurts our sanctions regime when we're trying to say these groups are terrorists, but we're going to support them. The problem here is the Iranian regime is horrible. We want them to lose. I just personally have problems with getting in bed with groups like this."
Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have initiated a ground offensive into Iran, with reports indicating Trump administration coordination aimed at destabilizing the Iranian regime. The offensive appears to involve the PJAK, an Iranian Kurdish group designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S., Iran, and Turkey. Experts caution against supporting such groups without removing their terrorist designations, citing precedent from Syria where the U.S. supported the PKK despite its designation. While such action could damage the Iranian government, concerns remain about long-term consequences and the contradictions of simultaneously maintaining sanctions regimes while supporting designated terrorist organizations.
#kurdish-militias #iran-destabilization #terrorist-designations #us-foreign-policy #middle-east-geopolitics
Read at www.mediaite.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]