Op-Edge: Why is it almost impossible for Kurds to secede from Iraq?
... distraction and chaos in Iraq in the past 4 years, gave the KRG a better experience in self-rule away from Baghdad. The expansion of ISIS have literally cut Iraq into two halves, an Arabic half, and a Kurdish one. Geographically speaking, this offered the Iraqi Kurds a further momentum of a de-facto independence. Barzani have been watching the continuous and recent defeats of ISIS, the terrorist group which is coming to an end and soon. The Kurdish leader wants to exploit the lack of power in the ISIS-Freed areas, to reconstruct a new balance of power with Baghdad, before the latter takes affairs back in charge. In short, ...