You don’t mess with the Peshmerga....if you have any sense.
The Peshmerga are though lions. I ponder whether it wouldn’t be wiser to extend the Kurdish authonomy authority to those areas with majority Kurdish population (not mixed areas, otherwise we’ll see more resettlements and turf wars). I understand that the Turks, Syrians, Iranians and also Iraqis will squeal (and they might have a reason), but the Kurdish authority is the only local entity currently capable of giving security and political stability.