Despite an attack while speaking to reporters by US President Donald Trump on Monday against Kurdish groups for allegedly failing to help with a local uprising against the Iranian regime, sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that he himself ultimately vetoed the idea.
Foreign sources have widely reported that the Mossad proposed the possibility of helping to facilitate toppling the regime aligned with turning out mass protests, following the US and Israeli bombing campaign against the regime’s forces.
Further, foreign sources have widely reported that Turkey pressed Trump not to go forward with the option.
Previously, the Post reported that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, Mossad Director David Barnea, and IDF Intelligence Directorate Chief Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder met with top US defense officials and, in some cases, via video conference with Trump, to help convince the US president to join the war.
However, top US defense officials opposed the Kurdish plan from the start, which also led Trump, along with other factors, to oppose the plan.
Strangely, Trump publicly confirmed providing weapons to the Kurds on Monday, but then veered off into claims that they had failed to rise up despite ample evidence and a record that he himself vetoed the idea.
It was unclear why the US president made the claim, though he has tried to avoid blame for the Islamic regime remaining in power.
