Lobbying 2015: Iraqi Kurds to US: Don't forget, we were your friends first
The Kurdistan Regional Government has emerged as one of America’s best allies, but will its lobbying operation help it from falling prey to politics now that Iraq and Turkey are more fully engaged in the fight against IS?
As Iraq and Turkey finally take on the Islamic State (IS), America’s Kurdish friends are determined not to get sold out.
As the first bastion of resistance to last year’s IS onslaught, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its peshmerga fighters have a special claim to US support. However, recent battlefield gains by central Iraqi forces and Ankara’s entry into the fray are putting a damper on their dreams of independence.
