Iran’s Kurdish Rebels Can’t Topple The Regime (S01E17)

badlands podcast by borzou daragahi · Mar 5, 2026 · 11m

Thursday, March 6, 2026, Istanbul

The US is reportedly planning to use Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq as a ground force to help bring down the regime.

But geography and demography will prevent such a gambit from succeeding, and the plan may also drag Turkey into the fight.

The only country that will benefit from such a move is Israel, which can exploit the ensuing chaos.

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