They reportedly have had bad experiences acting as Washington’s proxy in past conflicts
Iraq’s Kurds are against joining the US attacks on Iran, and have voiced concerns about being left facing Iranian retaliation with no ground or air defense support, Axios reported on Saturday.
The CIA began working to arm Kurdish forces hostile to the Islamic Republic after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran last Saturday, according to CNN. While US President Donald Trump initially voiced support for Kurds getting involved in the conflict, he backpedaled on the idea on Saturday.
“The Kurds must not be the tip of the spear in this conflict,” Axios wrote, citing a senior official from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), a semi-autonomous region in northeastern Iraq.
The Iraqi Kurds are “staying neutral” as “there is no clarity” for them on whether Washington is aiming for a full regime change in Iran or just a “change in personnel,” the KRG official reportedly said. Trump has stated that the US will be involved in deciding who leads Iran in the future but has not elaborated on how this would work.
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