Will the Kurds Fight? If They Do, All
Hell Could Break Loose in the Middle East.
Posted By: Attila DiMedici, 3/6/2026 6:22:30 PM
Iranian Kurdish militias in Western Iran and Northern Iraq have been sneaking back and forth across the Iranian border in the last week. They are contemplating joining the fight to oust the Iranian government and gain greater autonomy or, God forbid, carving out an independent state for Kurds across the region. Kurds are a distinct ethnic group who occupy a swath of territory from northwestern Iran, Eastern Iraq, Eastern Syria, much of Southern Turkey, and a slice of Azerbaijan. Taken together, the Iran-Iraq Kurdish militias would be a force that Iran's Revolutionary Guards would have to reckon with.
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Iranian Kurdish militias in Western Iran and Northern Iraq have been sneaking back and forth across the Iranian border in the last week. They are contemplating joining the fight to oust the Iranian government and gain greater autonomy or, God forbid, carving out an independent state for Kurds across the region.
Kurds are a distinct ethnic group who occupy a swath of territory from northwestern Iran, Eastern Iraq, Eastern Syria, much of Southern Turkey, and a slice of Azerbaijan.
Taken together, the Iran-Iraq Kurdish militias would be a force that Iran's Revolutionary Guards would have to reckon with.
Pro-abortion ghouls are giddy in Pennsylvania after the Commonwealth’s House Judiciary Committee advanced seven horrific abortion bills yesterday. In summary, the bills would provide cover for existing abortion clinics and help the abortion industrial complex grow through favorable legislation and state funding.
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(SKIP)
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Every time something like what is going on in Iran crops up, someone complains that it "might destabilize the Middle East" if minorities throughout the area are emboldened to seek self governance. Maybe it's time we try some destabilization. It doesn't seem like the efforts to keep it stable have worked very well.