It almost sounds like we set up the whole damn thing.
Well , the US armed and trained ISIS as part of the failed attempt to overthrow the Syrian government, never mind all the US weaponry and vehicles ISIS acquired from the fleeing Iraqi army.
As long as the fiction that the Kurds are part of Iran is maintained, this situation of not being able to deliver arms to the Kurds will continue, as the Shi’ites in charge of the central Iranian government are not EVER going to allow the Kurds to be heavily armed. The Kurds are not politically reliable (in the view of Baghdad, at any rate), though that is sort of a moot point now, with the wild and crazy bearded men with burning eyes having declared a separate nation on parts of Syria and Iran already, and are pushing toward Jordan and perhaps Lebanon. Saudi Arabia is more distant, but that may part of their intended conquest, with the Saudi Arabian royalty as their designated target.
Just like Joe Biden said, Iraq will fracture into three countries. The Shi’ite south, the Islamic Caliphate down the middle, and Kurdistan to the north.
Only Kurdistan will not stop at the current borders between Iraq, Turkey and Iran, or other border regions in nearby countries. As an ethnic whole, they could be a VERY potent buffer state.