Of course your basic premise in nonsensical. What we are seeing in ME is the end of STATE sovereignity, not NATIONAL one; since neither Iraq nor Syria are nations. They are in fact oppressive states where some national groups (Kurds) are oppressed by others (Arabs, initially Sunni, nor Shi'ite).
On the other hand, the involvement of Kursdish troops from Iraq in aid of their national compatriots in Syria speaks, to the contrary of your premise, to establishment of national (in this case Kurdish) sovereignty across artificial borders, lines in a sand which are a relic of colonialist machinations.
Of course your basic premise in nonsensical. What we are seeing in ME is the end of STATE sovereignity, not NATIONAL one; since neither Iraq nor Syria are nations. They are in fact oppressive states where some national groups (Kurds) are oppressed by others (Arabs, initially Sunni, nor Shi'ite).
On the other hand, the involvement of Kursdish troops from Iraq in aid of their national compatriots in Syria speaks, to the contrary of your premise, to establishment of national (in this case Kurdish) sovereignty across artificial borders, lines in a sand which are a relic of colonialist machinations.