With the air strikes failing to force Iran to surrender, the United States began to favor a ground war. However, U.S. ground forces could not arrive in a short time, and there was still strong opposition at home against launching a ground war against Iran. Under these circumstances, the United States wanted the Kurds to take the lead in conducting a ground war against Iran.
Interestingly, regardless of whether the Kurds agreed or not, the United States first used its propaganda megaphone to loudly announce worldwide that the Kurds had accepted the American proposal to attack Iran, but in reality, this was not the case.
Dr. Yunus Abakay, an expert on the Kurdish issue, was very angry about the U.S. approach. He said that the Kurds had been betrayed by the United States time and again, and now the United States is forcing them to attack Iran, which is impossible.
Trump did not have a serious diplomatic communication with the Kurds, but instead wildly promoted it through the media, creating an atmosphere of "cooked rice" (a situation where something is done and cannot be undone), pressuring the Kurds to comply. This treats the Kurds like a rag, to be used when needed and discarded when no longer useful.
The U.S. approach has intensified the Kurds' resentment toward being abandoned by the United States, and the tiny bit of trust the United States had promised is also completely gone. Therefore, the Kurds do not want to be the U.S.'s rag anymore this time.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859067185104012/
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