Yeah, I think the same. No way the Kurds can seriously commit to it. Iran will be a meat grinder for them.
They will definitely be utilized. Make no mistake about it. There’s no escaping this reality. The US government has put a gun to their head. The PKK has been expelled from Syria, has been militarily defeated in Turkey, and has had to give up their entire infrastructure and network in Northern Iraq near the Turkish border. They are completely exposed at this moment. Butt naked. Just three years ago, some of them were dreaming of a Kurdish state with a coastline along the Mediterranean Sea.
In 2026, they have no option left other than to fight. The question remains whether they will receive air support and coverage from the US military.
The Americans have to involve the PKK. They are their main figurine - not the official parties in KGB and not even the Iranian Kurdish parties.
The PKK has historically excelled in one area: uniting various factions, coalitions, and parties under a single umbrella. They achieve this either through the use of brutal force or by persuading them ideologically.
They are the most crucial component in this entire scenario. If you observe closely, they are employing the same tactics in Iran that enabled them to establish their presence on the ground in Syria. The Kurdish parties in Iran have now convened at a table, similar to the Syrian YPG/SDF. However, just as the SDF was a front actually controlled by the PKK, these Iranian parties are likely to vanish soon as well.
Iran exerts some influence over these parties, and the history of Iranian Kurds has significant differences from that of Turkish-Kurdish or Arab-Kurdish histories. Nevertheless, it is now 2026, the US is involved, the PKK is free to engage, and the Iranian state has been weak for decades, creating opportunities for maneuvering.
