I had to think a lot about this one. The Kurds do have very good fighters who are battle-hardened. The Iraqi army does not have the best reputation, as one person mentioned. read more
For example, during the Iran–Iraq War, from 1980 to 1988, Turkey supported one Iraqi Kurdish group over another in order to play the Iraqi Kurds off against Turkey's own rebellious Kurds. Technology and telecommunications have helped Kurds to establish an ethno-national group, or self-defined national identity. read more