U.S. President Barack Obama is set to announce his plans for dealing with ISIL . Alex Vatanka and Sarkawt Ali say the Iraqi ##s stand out as potential partners . The Kurdistan Regional Government is secular and Western orientated , they say . Now , with its record of relative stability and nascent democracy in danger , officials in the KRG are once again turning to the United States . But the threat of ISIS means the KRG will accept whatever help it can , the authors say .
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to announce his plans for dealing with ISIL . Alex Vatanka and Sarkawt Ali say the Iraqi ##s stand out as potential partners . The Kurdistan Regional Government is secular and Western orientated , they say . But the threat of ISIS means the KRG will accept whatever help it can , the authors say .