(03-03-2026 01:12 PM)hburg Wrote:  From Amir Tsarfati

Quote:Hundreds of thousands of Kurds - alongside tens of thousands of Mujahideen resistance fighters - are reportedly awaiting the signal to enter Iran from the north and west.

Since the beginning of the war, the IDF and the U.S. military have been shaping the battlefield in preparation for that moment.

When it happens, the decisive phase will begin:

Either -

The Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps surrender - bringing the conflict to a rapid conclusion within days.

Or -

A ground campaign unfolds, backed by close Israeli and American air support - a scenario that could take time.

With all due respect to air power - and the respect is well deserved - wars are not won from the air alone.

(Abu Saleh)

As many times as we have tooled them over, I cant believe the Kurds would ever trust us again. On the other hand, maybe they are opportunist and figure this is chance to use the dumb Americans for their own purposes. Either way---I guess if it works for both sides---who cares?

I said watch the Kurds.

(03-03-2026 02:56 PM)BlueDragon Wrote:  

(03-02-2026 09:47 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-02-2026 09:40 AM)BlueDragon Wrote:  Russian Czar Nicolas in his final days tried to pass off his crown to his brother who respectfully declined.

Really? I’ve never heard that before.

Yes, Nicolas wanted to back out of WW1 after his troops had amassed on the border with Germany. The head of the military and other notables told him it was too late.

Strange twist of aristocracy in Europe was that the monarchs in England Germany & Russia were all cousins.

The humiliation and heavy losses on the battlefield turned everyone in Russia against him. He thought his brother would suffice the mob by him leaving. His brother knew the political climate and wisely declined

His brother turned it down and he was still the first one in the Royal family to get shot in the head and dumped in an unmarked grave.

(03-03-2026 03:36 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I said watch the Kurds.

Don't sleep on the Azeris.

(03-03-2026 03:41 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:36 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I said watch the Kurds.

Don't sleep on the Azeris.

Something big is brewing. Expect the news to hit next Tuesday.

You're welcome.

(03-03-2026 03:47 PM)miko33 Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:41 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:36 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I said watch the Kurds.

Don't sleep on the Azeris.

Something big is brewing. Expect the news to hit next Tuesday.

You're welcome.

Marco said half an hour ago that the biggest move was yet to come, and to stay tuned.

(03-03-2026 03:41 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:36 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I said watch the Kurds.

Don't sleep on the Azeris.

They probably won't do anything without being blessed by the U.S. They'd immediately become targets. They were pretty tight with the Mullahs.

We have people who have been working with the Kurds for 30-+years. Guarantee they started this process with them a long while back.

Apparently Motjaba Khamenei, the son, is the new supreme leader of Iran. How long?

(03-03-2026 03:47 PM)miko33 Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:41 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:36 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I said watch the Kurds.

Don't sleep on the Azeris.

Something big is brewing. Expect the news to hit next Tuesday.

You're welcome.

I thought conference realignment occurred on Tuesdays, not border realignment?!

List of vessels
https://www.globalmilitary.net/navies/irn/

Status of their navy-mine laying vessels may still be operational
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2026/03/st...-navy.html

Hate to link CNN, but they claim we are trying to get the Kurds in Iraq and Iran to join us. https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/...kurds-iran

The Kurds have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope we give them as much help as we possible can.

(03-03-2026 05:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  The Kurds have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope we give them as much help as we possible can.

supplying arms comes to mind...

(03-03-2026 05:52 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 05:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  The Kurds have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope we give them as much help as we possible can.

supplying arms comes to mind...

That’s a good start.

(03-03-2026 03:47 PM)miko33 Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:41 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 03:36 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I said watch the Kurds.

Don't sleep on the Azeris.

Something big is brewing. Expect the news to hit next Tuesday.

You're welcome.

Irgc is firing at its citizens who are shouting against the regime from their apartment windows.

(03-03-2026 05:55 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 05:52 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 05:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  The Kurds have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope we give them as much help as we possible can.

supplying arms comes to mind...

That’s a good start.

we're handling the front end to give them this one-time deal ... it has to be their boots that gets 'em to the 'freedom fighters'...

(03-03-2026 06:18 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 05:55 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 05:52 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-03-2026 05:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  The Kurds have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope we give them as much help as we possible can.

supplying arms comes to mind...

That’s a good start.

we're handling the front end to give them this one-time deal ... it has to be their boots that gets 'em to the 'freedom fighters'...

Well, there's another matter that requires us to wait upon Iranian efforts to oust the loons and restore order. If they can't, or refuse, it opens up further use of air power to hit more targets within Tehran and other key locations. Right now, we are still trying to consider the innocents and minimize collateral damage.

It would be wonderful if they answered the bell. Arming the Kurds might be a way of getting arms to the Iranians willing to establish a new regime. The risk in dropping weapons into Iran is that we might be arming those who are hostile. Perhaps the Israelis with boots on the ground in Lebanon know of a better way to accomplish the arming.

Our guys will have a much easier time if Iranians take a hand, and we'll have more political cover and direction for precision strikes.

For all the bellyaching on the news this has gone remarkably well thus far.

The Radicals wanted to usher in the afterlife and they have!

And Ted Cruz with a hilarious retweet.

(03-03-2026 05:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  The Kurds have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope we give them as much help as we possible can.

Well we abandoned them in Syria.

https://mecouncil.org/blog_posts/syria-s...-analysis/

https://apnews.com/article/syria-ceasefi...1a1c64f17f