Syria could look heavenly in comparison to Iraq's future

"Ever since Lausanne, we have dreamed of establishing a state," Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) leader Massoud Barzani said in 2016 during a visit to the U.S.

When you look at the borders in the Middle East, Barzani said in March 2016, they only apply on paper. "The region's realities are mapping something new," the Kurdish leader said.

Another critical claim he made was when he said he was "ready to pick up a gun to defend Kirkuk" in June 2014.

Barzani's statements on bloody sectarian fights in the Middle East, remapping of the region and Kirkuk's defense are striking.

What Lausanne means

First thing's first: Those who babble about the Lausanne Treaty should understand what it actually stands for.

Laussane is a treaty that was signed at the end of the First World War and withstood the Second World War, remaining a beacon of stability for the region until now.

Barzani's second point underlines remapping of the Middle East.

It really doesn't matter what angle you take on this: The end game is a threat to becoming a country like Syria.

In Europe, Czechs and Slovakians shook hands when parting ways.

Catalonians in Spain, the Scottish in the U.K. and the Quebecois in Canada also hold referendums on state separation.

Though not one trigger is pulled there.

Terror groups such as the IRA and ETA are also deactivated today in those democratic countries.

A democratic culture is what promises such a future to us as well.

A culture of violence

Barzani, who comes from the Mecca of cultural violence -the Middle East—said this in March 2016:
 
"I will not go to Iran or Ankara and give them what they want...