Peshmerga fighters are a band of people who possess limited training to fight, but don a mishmash of camouflage clothes, and wield whatever guns they can get their hands on to battle against ISIS. Even though they rely on their instinct and will, they now want the U.S to provide them with arms so that they can take on the ISIS militant group with equivalent force.

Most of the Kurdish population look up to the U.S as their only dependable ally in the ongoing war against the terrorist organization - and, while appreciating the airstrikes carried out by the U.S on ISIS, Peshmerga want to be supplied with American equipment and weapons.

Peshmerga literally translates to "those who face death" and it started as something of a mountain militia in the 1920s when the push for Kurdish independence began. However, subsequently, it was targeted by the Ba'ath loyalists of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

However, a Peshmerga fighter has admitted, they do not suffer from "psychological issues" pertaining to combat because they have grown up around fighting and have developed an early understanding that it is "just what we have to do."

Incidentally, these Peshmerga soldiers are in the age group of 18 to over 70-years-old and many of them have come out of retirement - their objective is to defeat the ISIS threat. A majority of them are not soldiers in that sense, but are "security advisors" and they do not take a salary - they are volunteers.

Western powers are of the opinion that the Kurds as a crucial safeguard against further Islamic State advances. However, in order to take the offensive, the Peshmerga need more help. As they say - "if ISIS is an existential threat as the Iraqis claim; and if it really threatens U.S. interests abroad and its security at home then more must be done to arm the Peshmerga."