The Sunnis would probably accept the federalist provisions if they applied only to the Kurds. They know that the alternative is not a return to centralism, but secession by the three Kurdish-majority provinces of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah to form an independent Kurdistan, with its own treasury, army (the Pesh Merga), and oil production around Kirkuk – the second-largest reserves in Iraq.
如果该封建规定只适用于库尔德人，那么逊尼派也许还会接受它。他们知道另一种选择不是重返中央集权制，而是杜胡克、埃尔比勒和苏莱曼尼亚这三个主要的库尔省脱离出来，并组成一个独立的库尔德斯坦。这个国家将会拥有自己的国库、军队（the Pesh Merga）和在伊拉克第二大油田—基尔库克周边的石油生产。