Rising Tensions Between Iraqi Kurds And Iraq's Government

[longknife]

by War News Updates Editor

A Passing Advantage – The Kurdish/Iraq Confrontation -- Theo Spark

Some of my early thoughts were published in rough form earlier. My estimate of Kurdish and Iraqi Forces is that neither side is really ready for a stand-up fight. But it may happen anyway for political reasons or as deployed forces maneuver for position. If it happens, don't be surprised if it doesn't work out as planned - for either side...

Of interest, the formation of the Tigris Operational Command and the claim of forming 2 Kurdish Operational Commands in response as justification for the confrontation is pure propaganda. Establishing corps-level commands has been ongoing since the Surge and both sides require these command elements whether they are fighting each other or not. They or something like them have been projected as planned for over 5 years. For a casus belli, this is really flimsy.

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[Kurdistani4ever]

Let these overestimated idiots come, it will only lead to the complete destruction, of their already pathetic army. There's no such thing as "Iraq", it's a fake state created by the brits and french.