In the case of Iran, however, it's necessary to take into account the nature of the existing regime that led to the religious revolution.
Speaking of Kurdistan, Turkey has been indiscriminately bombing Syrian Kurds over the past few days.
US foreign policy is a joke in the Middle East. They claim principled support of the YPG and simultaneously ally themselves with Turkey. Meanwhile the Brookings Institute is publishing calls for a "right to protect" intervention to partition Syria "in everyone's best interest". It's a total clusterfuck.