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First of all the Kurds are not desert living nomads they have malls, skyscrapers, etc.

 

The  worst case scenario is civil war between Sunni and Shiites (Kurdistan likes the US and doesn't really care to much about their other Iraqi neighbors) and an Iranian influenced takeover.  Iran-Iraq war x10.  That is what the US is trying to avoid.