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fujiyamasan

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20. The Kurds have to be opportunistic

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:29 PM

Mar 3

So I can’t blame them for taking arms from the US and taking advantage of a power vacuum or regime collapse.

But there are serious capacity constraints Hogshit and the administration are clearly ignoring. Iran is capable of cranking out cheap drones almost endlessly and China will almost definitely supply them with components covertly in exchange for cheap oil. Intercepting those drones is expensive and costs several times more than the cost of producing them. As it is supply of intercepters is pressed with Ukraine.

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Trump planning ground invasion of Iran using Kurdish forces [View all] Renew Deal Mar 3 OP

Not sure how the Turks D. Spaulding Mar 3 #1

That is a bad move..................... Lovie777 Mar 3 #2

Every option is a reaction to the disaster the last decision caused. There is no plan.. Deuxcents Mar 3 #3

My god. Will we never learn? Easterncedar Mar 3 #4

Yes, we'll never learn, Agent Krasnov zorbasd Mar 3 #28

If only we weren't taking the world down with us Easterncedar Mar 3 #30

"Plan" B already! mobeau69 Mar 3 #5

I really wasn't going to have a drink tonight... Easterncedar Mar 3 #6

Have a double for me. Dunc Mar 3 #18

Dark and stormy ok? Easterncedar Mar 3 #29

Dunc my golden boy and i. Dunc Mar 3 #33

Doubtless a wiser choice! Easterncedar Mar 3 #35

One of the options in my repertoire. yellow dahlia Mar 3 #39

I often say - I'm not day drinking...yet. yellow dahlia Mar 3 #38

This is not going to be pretty newdeal2 Mar 3 #7

Just think. bluestarone Mar 3 #8

Oh, so he's going to fuck over the Kurds as well... just like Shrub did, eh? kysrsoze Mar 3 #9

I thought it was Trump during his first term Dan Mar 3 #16

It was. Why Mattis quit SecDef Strelnikov_ Mar 3 #26

Trumpstein did Oct 2019in Syria TexLaProgressive Mar 3 #19

He fucked them over... 2naSalit Mar 3 #23

Great! Iran will have its own Gaza and West Bank! maxrandb Mar 3 #10

Feels like I've seen this movie before...n/t leftstreet Mar 3 #11

Someone needs to tell the Kurds C_U_L8R Mar 3 #12

They just need to remember the Syrian Kurds TexLaProgressive Mar 3 #21

Also, remember the Bay of Pigs invaders Bobstandard Mar 3 #27

Our leaders are clueless and lack in human decency. PufPuf23 Mar 3 #13

I've seen this movie before. Solly Mack Mar 3 #14

Because that's ALWAYS worked so well in the past... regnaD kciN Mar 3 #15

I hope they remember that Trump abandoned them in his first term karynnj Mar 3 #17

The Kurds have been abandoned by the US so many times I'm sure that they realize that it is our markodochartaigh Mar 3 #22

The Kurds have to be opportunistic fujiyamasan Mar 3 #20

'Iranian Kurdish armed groups have *thousands* of forces ' SamuelTheThird Mar 3 #24

What a GREAT Plan ! Remember the Last Iraq-Iran War??? Bread and Circuses Mar 3 #25

Stay on your toes everyone Bev54 Mar 3 #31

Just who is at the helm of Dept of Harebrained Schemes this month? Attilatheblond Mar 3 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 3 #34

I agree Renew Deal Mar 3 #37

Bay of Pigs, anyone? NickB79 Mar 3 #36