this is the only workable solution to the iran problem, but they don't have machinery - planes, tanks, etc. the kurds can fight one on one with the best of them. we know that. they have the right ideology; they believe women are people, for example. but they will need air support, eventually.

even if the kurds can kind of cut the irgc off a little, for now, that could potentially liberate a few regions, and if they can generate autonomy, they could set up a parallel state with parallel institutions. that's the right approach in the long run.

parachuting in the shah isn't going to help anybody except british petroleum, and even they probably don't get that name drop, because it was so long ago. the shah was the tool the west used to counter the last real revolution in iran; the last time iranians had a taste of freedom, the shah was how we got rid of that. if the republicans start seriously dangling the shah over iran like a sword of damocles, all bets are off.

but the kurds are a revolutionary socialist group and they will liberate areas and fight for peoples' freedom. they are worth having solidarity with, and they are the right way to actually have an actual revolution in iran.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-iraq-kurdish-separatists-pak-attack-c04c8c65d4e2241476ed210cf7134327

it won't help.

the next assahola in line is apparently his son, if he can fight off some other pile of assaholes that all want to be the grand poo-bah.

iran needs systemic overthrow.

the kurds in the mountains are the best solution. they're armed. they can actually fight. they won't just get mowed down. but they need air cover.

all of these people saying "but there's no day after" are dead wrong. there's a potent army waiting for the signal. the best comparisons really are the french and spanish revolutions, and we don't want them eventually getting slaughtered by the red chinese army.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/obamas-ambassador-to-israel-trump-is-going-to-try-to-kill-the-supreme-leader/

mark carney has a full time job.

so long as he still wants to be prime minister of canada, he should not be accepting requests to join the transitional government in gaza and, in fact, that would appear to have been somewhat of a trick appointment by donald trump. it both places canada subservient to american hegemony and labels carney as a palestinian sympathizer, which will not help him electorally. in canada, anybody that stands up for palestine at all instantly loses their seat. i don't know if it's in reaction to the extremist protests we've been seeing here or if it's more deep-seeded, but identifying yourself as pro-palestinian is just about the best way to lose an election in canada, at almost every level of government. it's consistent. this is an underhanded insult.

the opposition should correctly make a big issue out of it and even try to topple the government over it.

conversely, if this scheme is to have any prospect of success, it will require focused people to actually run the place. gaza needs a functioning government, not a board of oligarchs.