1. Alone In Kurdistan By Kevin Wright

2. Kurdistan Kurdistan is not a country, not a state, or a city. Kurdistan is an region where mainly only Kurds live. This region includes eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own country. They are mostly Islamic people and speak Kurdish.

3. Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. It is also the largest city in Iraq. It’s the second largest city in the Arab world. Also the second largest city in the Western Asia.

4. Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan is the section of Iraq where the Kurds live. Iraqi Kurdistan the most reliable U.S friend in the battle – and holds the longest front against ISIS.

5. Dire Warnings From the Kurdish These are three bad warnings from two senior Kurdish officials from 4 months ago. 1. ISIS is still expanding 2. No military force in the region could stop ISIS 3. Kurdistan itself was no longer willing to be part of a shattered Iraq

6. U.S. Airstrikes in August of 2014 U.S. airstrikes have stopped the threat of ISIS’ offensive overrunning Kurdistan’s capital, Irbil (Arbil), and allowed the recapture of some key ground. Iraq has a new government with the Kurd’s participation, and talks have begun in Baghdad (Iraq’s capital)on setting long – standing disputes.

7. U.S. and Iraqi army forces strike U.S. airstrikes and Iraqi soldiers are fighting against ISIS in western Iraq and managed to recapture a strategic` oil refinery last week. Still, Baghdad’s army remains weak and fragmented, with few reliable units. It is still flanked by independent, Iranian – sponsored militaries not under the central government’s control.

8. Iraq’s new priority Iraq’s new priority target is ISIS. The Kurds recently dispatched a delegation to Baghdad. They did a new agreement for a new government of Haider al-Abadi.

9. Iraqi’s government problems Iraqi’s central government exists on paper but its not a real government system. Issues concerning Kurdistan, are whether it should be allowed to export its own oil, or whether it will retain control over the city of Kirkuk and on what terms its 150,000-member army will become part of an Iraqi national guard – remains unsolved.

10. Kurdistan Feels Alone The big question that the U.S. has to answer is should they give their army (men, tanks, and airplanes) to the Kurds or to Baghdad or to no one? The U.S needs to get along with Baghdad and helping the Kurds could make Baghdad nervous. Then the Kurds could attack Baghdad after the war. So should they send 10,000 fighters and tanks and weopons to Baghdad or to the Kurds?

11. My Opinion My opinion is about the U.S. Should they give 10,000 troops and military equipment to the Kurds or to the people of Baghdad. To me I think that the U.S should give their troops to both. They can give 5,000 to each. So that after the war if the Kurdish attack Baghdad they will be ready for it and they can protect themselves. And if Baghdad wants to help the Kurds they can do that also. So that is my opinion.