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moniss

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15. This sort of thing has been the M.O. of the West for

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:49 PM

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over 100 years in the Middle East. It will come as no surprise that the overtures to this group have been ongoing for at least a year or more. Making the overtures, making the promises, developing the plans etc. didn't just happen. Overthrow this one, overthrow that one and then overthrow the ones you propped up to do the first and second overthrows.

It's always been about oil and having puppets. The Western powers carving people and oil up for themselves.

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CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

Why after all that has been done to the Kurds and broken promises by US - would the Kurds Pachamama Tuesday #1

Exactly my first thought. IQ45 completely hung them out to dry vs. Turkey and probably burned that bridge AZJonnie Tuesday #4

Trmp abandoned the Kurds on the battlefield last time. I doubt they'll be eager allies after that. nt eppur_se_muova Tuesday #2

Jeepers, sounds like just what they did with the Jan 6th insurrectionists. bluestarone Tuesday #3

I'm sure this will thrill Turkey. NT Gore1FL Tuesday #5

Once again, arm another group to fight proxy wars and sow hatred among groups. erronis Tuesday #6

Sounds like a grand idea! Bayard Tuesday #7

Kurds know who they are dealing with Bluestocking Tuesday #8

What a fustercluck! greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #9

Some Kurds want their own country bmichaelh Tuesday #10

Didn't Bush the first screw them over in the 80s? BidenRocks Tuesday #11

Yep, GW betrayed the Iraqi Kurds... Spazito Tuesday #18

What about Alberta? usonian Tuesday #12

Isn't there a law against the CIA being involved Bev54 Tuesday #13

These are the same Kurds that we abandoned after the Iraqi war, right? In my opinion the biggest betrayal of an...... FadedMullet Tuesday #14

That wasn't the embassy. BidenRocks Tuesday #17

My mistake, it was American Marines who were the last off the embassy roof the morning of April 30th 1975. FadedMullet 2 hrs ago #24

This sort of thing has been the M.O. of the West for moniss Tuesday #15

The irony of today in this era, is that the U.S. is the LARGEST oil producer IN THE WORLD BumRushDaShow Tuesday #16

Yes and just like with Venezuela it moniss Tuesday #19

But there is another reason and it's not the "oil barons" who aren't really interested at the moment BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #23

The CIA has a terrible history with IRAN thought crime Tuesday #20

Yes, especially Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA coup of the legitimately elected PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh and strengthening Celerity Yesterday #21

How do we plan to fuck these people over this time? LoveSucky 22 hrs ago #22