They’d better start building up an air force, and the figuring out a source of tax revenue to fund it, and the existing army. They’ll need one to ward off the Shiites, once ISIS is history.
“They’d better start building up an air force, and the figuring out a source of tax revenue to fund it, and the existing army.”
The Kurds are a tough bunch and have held their own in the rough terrain of their homeland. But acquiring an air force will be expensive. It will also raise them much higher on the target list in this multi-player struggle. Better to keep a lower profile. In the War of the Rats, the weaker parties at the outset are often the ones left standing.