This is not “spread of communism”. Vietnam is a one-party communist state.

They just re-elected a guy or gave him a new title (with more power).

Trump “confirms” so many things, but few of them are true. None of Iranian Kurdish parties have confirmed receiving arms.

The absolutely only instance I have seen of protesters in Iran being armed with firearms (and I’ve watched a lot of footage), was a day-time protest in the Kurdish-majority mountainous borderland. Since there was a risk of authorities spilling blood, 4 old guys (appearance well over 50 years of age) in traditional clothing were present at a protest in an open area, carrying hunting rifles which looked older than the guys. They could have, theoretically, bought time for others to escape by offering some counter-fire for a minute or two. But on that protest, authorities did not attack. Probably because the whole town was Kurdish and cops decided to stay home.

Also I apologize for re-posting, but:

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups deny claims of receiving weapons from US

Mohammed Nazif Qaderi, a senior official from the opposition Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), told Rudaw that “those statements made are baseless and we haven’t received any weapons.

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Kako Aliyar, a member of the leadership committee of the Kurdish Iranian opposition party Komala, told Rudaw that "as our own party, no weapons have come to us and we haven’t received anything, we’re not even aware of the matter.

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Amjad Hussein Panahi, head of communications for Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, also told Rudaw, “We assure you we haven’t received a single bullet or weapon from any country or place, and we’re not aware of the existence of such a thing; what we have is our own.”

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Hamno Naqshbandi, a member of the general command of the Kurdistan National Army affiliated with the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), said that “Donald Trump’s message is unclear to us. What is there is that we as our army have in no way received weapons from the US or any other country, not even a single bullet."

In case someone thinks the UAE are good guys, well, they support RSF (former Janjaweed) in Sudan. They try to conceal it well.

A journalist asked Iranian Kurdish parties. Nobody could confirm receiving any weapons.

Let’s not assume something is true because Trump says it it. He has a long track record of lying about every issue and changing his words daily.

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups deny claims of receiving weapons from US

Mohammed Nazif Qaderi, a senior official from the opposition Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), told Rudaw that “those statements made are baseless and we haven’t received any weapons.

/…/

Kako Aliyar, a member of the leadership committee of the Kurdish Iranian opposition party Komala, told Rudaw that "as our own party, no weapons have come to us and we haven’t received anything, we’re not even aware of the matter.

/…/

Amjad Hussein Panahi, head of communications for Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, also told Rudaw, “We assure you we haven’t received a single bullet or weapon from any country or place, and we’re not aware of the existence of such a thing; what we have is our own.”

/…/

Hamno Naqshbandi, a member of the general command of the Kurdistan National Army affiliated with the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), said that “Donald Trump’s message is unclear to us. What is there is that we as our army have in no way received weapons from the US or any other country, not even a single bullet."

Thanks, I didn’t know that and accidentally provided an over-estimate.

In this case, I would advise them to simply ignore the law, or protest to have it revoked. It does not make sense.

Material losses include two C-130 planes and two Little Bird helicopters abandoned on ground.

I don’t know if they had human casualties, but it seems they spent about 200 million dollars to rescue the pilots.

Pretty expensive.

These “robots” are actually ground drones, and the term “robot” is being widely misused.

They can’t identify the allegiance of a soldier. The operator will see, consider and then shoot. It’s better than going out there and getting shot at.

If you don’t know the state of the art, it’s easy to think they are robots, but they have the same autonomy level as an FPV drone. They are automated to the degree that you can tell them “drive 50 clicks north-east and stop”.

Really advanced versions will have a local algorithm to track and shoot an aerial target, once the operator decides that it’s a target. Because in air defense, latency means losing.

However, swarming weapons are a cause for concern in near future, because in those cases, one soldier may end up controlling 100+ weapons and likely won’t have a good overview of the situation.

One viewpoint: in-flight refueling over Iran in plain view of civilians. If even a single air defense unit sees a procedure like this, it will be carnage (possibly 3 aircraft down with one shot).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpgrpQmEhQ

My opinion: one may not like a country, one may even oppose its existence, but one should not try choking it to death.

Blockade is usually considered an “act of war”. That is, something comparable to war.