This was in 2011 if I ' m remembering correctly ? I got alien vs predator and operation flash point for free , never played either of them but they sit nicely in my collection . <| sep |> Your perception that KDP only wants autonomy is wrong . KDP wants independence . PKK views itself as the leader of all Kurds dislikes KDP accordingly . KDP views PKK as a PITA which hides in the Qandil mountains is way too interested in violence against Turkey . KRG ' s Qandil area thus gets bombed by Turkey local villagers get killed too . PKK has also used violence against KRG ' s oil pipeline to Turkey . KRG strongly prefers dialogue negotiations instead of violence , except with ISIS which obviously cannot be negotiated with . KRG and PKK actually cooperate militarily against ISIS . KRG and PKK are disputing Sinjar , a western Iraq location which PKK recently moved into . KRG does agree that PKK and PYD are the same thing , though the US disagrees . They are both Apoists , but PYD operates only in Rojava for the most part except for the Sinjar element in Iraq . However , PYD and PKK are widely seen as flags of convenience a fighter can wear the PKK uniform in Turkey , then come to Syria and put on the YPG uniform , then go back to Turkey and the PKK uniform . There is virtually no barrier between them and their fighters flow like water in both directions . Assad is determined to crush Rojava the first chance he gets . Russia wants Assad to negotiate with Rojava . But Assad also has Iran helping him , and Iran won ' t hesitate to help Assad and his Syrian Arab Army proceed against Rojava with military force . Turkey Erdogan would be very , very happy to help Assad militarily crush Rojava . KRG is way smarter than PKK politically . Massoud Barzani sees the situation clearly and knows that PKK and PYD are operating under harmful false assumptions and that the future holds big avoidable problems for them both , but neither of them has the foresight to understand that because both are being blinded by their own false assumptions . KRG is playing the long game , assembling a huge number of international allies and aiming for historic success in the form of fullscale Kurdish independence . KRG will succeed . Over time , PKK and PYD may learn the hard way that KRG was right change course accordingly . PYD does have some good ideas about bottomup democracy , but that ' s a debate that will have to wait for security stability in the Middle East to arrive . When KRG is independent and its borders are secure , legitimate debate can occur on this subject . Some interesting commentary on KRG internal politics hereIn many cases , there are legitimate concerns . While it is easy to argue the limits of a Presidential term , it is harder to argue the rule of law . There is no constitution for Kurdistan it ' s still in draft . With no law , there is really no limit . There is an agreement , but all sides seem to maneuver around that whenever they want . The Kurds are then facing the dilemma of who is right and who is wrong . But when it is Us vs . Them the answer is always easy , we are right and they are wrong . When one side or the other entrenches themselves in righteousness , it becomes impossible to extricate yourself from a position it also becomes easier to be manipulated . The current crisis between KDP vs . PUKGorran will not lead to a position that either side actually wants . The outcome should be becoming a unified country , a single entity , then start from scratch to build a nation . This is difficult it requires for the past to be relegated to the past . Masoud Barzani was never the President of an independent Kurdistan , so the past is forgotten . The KDP , PUK , Gorran and the rest were never a sitting body for an independent Kurdistan , so a new government is formed . The other options are to do nothing and maintain the status quo or move on to violence , which is the typical end of an entrenched us vs . them problem a full out split of them and us into an SW Kurdistan and SE Kurdistan . Ultimately these last options will result in a stronger neighbor absorbing the geographic region and the Kurds just go on fighting each other . 19 a 44 ba 7 bd 327 e 09 b 1 e 8 cb 6 fKurdonKurdusvsthem