A couple of interesting news items involving the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an officially-labeled "terrorist group" operating in northern Iraq: First, the Pentagon confirmed that U.S. weapons have ended up in PKK hands. The official response is that this was inadvertent, probably related to the 190,000 weapons we can't track down, and the matter is being investigated. But some former PKK members have accused the Pentagon of directly arming the group.

The second bit of information involves the Free Life Party of Kurdistan, an arm of the PKK. Iranian officials have accused this group of launching attacks inside Iran and have responded by shelling Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.

Are these two connected? Is the U.S. intentionally arming the PKK so it will carry out attacks in Iran? Interestingly, even though the PKK is on the official "terrorist group" watchlist, the Free Life Party of Kurdistan isn't.

This is just speculation, but if we're going to connect dots, let's add a few more to the picture:

- Several members of the administration are planning for the possibility of war with Iran, and some are actively advocating for it
- Public support for another war would be impossible to obtain unless Iran launched an initial attack worthy of a response

Arming the PKK and encouraging them to conduct operations in Iran would be one way of drawing Iran far enough into the conflict in Iraq to warrant a counter attack. Maybe the weapons ended up in PKK hands due to negligence, or maybe it's a strategic decision. It certainly wouldn't be the first time the U.S. has armed terrorist groups to fight an enemy we didn't want to engage directly—that's how we were first introduced to Bin Laden in the 80s. It also wouldn't be the first case of gross negligence in this war.

Again, I'm just thinking out loud here. The administration seems to be fishing for a war, and the PKK might be the bait they need.