Who holds the keys to war and peace? In today's Iraq, this question has become a matter of national sovereignty. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani didn't stay silent after the drone attack on the Intelligence HQ; he took to the field and delivered a fiery message: "The decision of war and peace belongs solely to the state." Calling the attackers a "cowardly group," he stressed that any ideology justifying the spilling of Iraqi blood is twisted. With the judiciary classifying these attacks as terrorist acts that could isolate Iraq globally, all eyes are on how the government will enforce its authority amid booming regional cannons and attempts to drag the country into the unknown.