trump says he's ruled out having Kurds join Iran war,

[SamuelTheThird]

hmm

https://wtop.com/news/2026/03/trump-says-hes-ruled-out-having-kurds-join-iran-war-says-they-are-willing-but-the-war-is-complicated-enough/

[Prairie Gates]

1. Both the Kurds and the Iraqi government told him it wasn't going to happen

So he's acting like he has decided against it.

This is making a virtue of necessity on steroids. Whenever somebody tells Trump "No," he reinterprets it as if it was his idea.

[JBTaurus83]

2. The Kurds couldn't do much anyhow

And even if they could, the US has betrayed them several times.

[Prairie Gates]

6. Of course not...the whole suggestion was ridiculous from the get go

The fact that anyone in US media or government took it seriously was a laughable farce.

No doubt some Kurdish profiteers were like "Yeah, sure, give us a couple of million and a weapons cache, we'll look into it," then laughed all the way to the Swiss bank.

As was said of Watergate could be said of Hegseth and the Hegseth-directed CENTCOM: "These aren't very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

[eppur_se_muova]

14. The most recent one by Trmp personally. There was no way they were going to trust him. nt

[alwaysinasnit]

3. I suspect that the Kurds refused the terms the US set in order for them to receive US

armament and tsf found a face-saving way to explain why the Kurds won't participate.

[SamuelTheThird]

4. Yeah we need more details

Certainly the Kurds haven't been averse to tough fights, and they want their own territory...Something is very amiss here

[alwaysinasnit]

5. Agreed.

[Quiet Em]

7. The con has absolutely no idea of what he is doing and there is no adult in the room to tell him

The spineless, cowardly Republicans have got to find a way to rein him in and end this nonsense. They already failed by voting down the War Powers Resolution.

[SamuelTheThird]

9. No worries, Condoleeza paid a visit

[Quiet Em]

10. ugh

[JBTaurus83]

11. I'm sure

She was there on behalf of the oil companies.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Before or after the Kurds told him "No".?

[Initech]

12. This isn't a war. It's a highly illegal and extremely hostile occupation.

[Emrys]

13. The Kurds have been shafted numerous times over the years

I shuddered when I heard Trump wanted to press them from the comfort of his mock-gold Winter Palace into serving as under-equipped cannonfodder on a suicide mission, so this is good news so far.

I'd also imagine Turkey might have had something to say about any attempts (suicidal or not) to shore up the Kurds. Erdogan's been intent on staying neutral so far, and it'll take some even crazier moves by Iran to change that.

[Mysterian]

15. Kurds are too smart to deal with a lunatic

Good move.

[republianmushroom]

16. In other words, they told trump to shove it.

They are not going to die for him and his pardner.

[Renew Deal]

17. He probably got bored of the war and wants out of it as soon as possible

Either that or someone said no