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Is This War Actually About China? And the Fake Kurdish Invasion

from Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486 · #486

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Grim debunks an Israeli-sourced claim that this is secretly a war about China's oil imports from Iran, then discusses false reports of a Kurdish invasion of Iran and the history of the US repeatedly betraying Kurdish allies.

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  • Israeli analyst argues the US war on Iran is actually about China, not Israel.
  • Tim breaks down why the China argument falls apart: Iran's oil sales are a small percentage of Chinese imports.
  • Even after regime change, a new Iranian government would still sell oil to China anyway.
  • Reports claimed Kurdish troops with special forces were sent into Iran already.
  • The false invasion story appeared to be leaked by Israel.
  • A Kurdish base inside Iraq was then bombed, possibly by Iran believing the fake reports or Israel trying to provoke action.
  • In 1991, the US told Kurds to rise up against Saddam, then abandoned them to be massacred.
  • The US later supported Kurds in Syria against ISIS.
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KurdsHaviv Rettig GurChinaDonald TrumpBari WeissIran

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