You guys are right.
We will divide up the territory into a pro-us staging ground with 1/2 the oil reserves of the country in the NORTH (Kurdistan). Immediately start firing ultimatums at Iran and Syria to let them know we mean business. That way we could have a USA supported/OIL producing country that we trained, supplied, and defended after the Gulf war II with Iraq.
We can tell Turkey to kiss off. After all, they are the only NATO member in the area. They don't mean anything to us anymore after we get our new toy - Kurdistan.
All the rest of the world, well, they can get over it which includes most if not ALL of our allies in this war. Obviously, we will be proving the critics wrong because it will definitely not play out in the international media what our critics were saying all along. We didn't attack to get access to oil and create a puppet government that we could control to further spread American interests. Doing this won't look that way to every Muslim in the M.E. will it??
Then we leave the rest of the country economically weakened, unstable, and ripe to form NDD's favorite topic- little peasant revolutions that all seem to hate the US. That way we can have the really poor oppressed people working under a strict Islamic controlled new government that WILL hate and plot against the USA whether we initially support and created them or not. Can we stop them from forming an Islamic law based government... NO, because we lost our high ground when we let the Kurds start their own government system of their choosing.
In the glorious future we have to kiss Kurdistan's butt with aid, arms, and favors to keep them happy, and we still end up with an enemy country in the former lower 2/3's to deal with. Oh yeah, don't forget we have weakened our former allies position (turkey) and strengthened one of most threatening enemies (Iran) by allowing an Islamic fundamental regime to take over right next door. Let's don't even get into what that does for future coalitions after we “crawfish†on every single policy concerning the area.
Sounds like a good solution.
Since I am by myself, I will have to save some ammo for future posts. I think I will try counter-sniper tactics instead of an frontal assault...
So, How do things play out in the PRO-kurdistan corner? Let's hear how a Kurdistan makes things better-
especially long term since that was brought up. I disagree specifically with the long-term effects for our country over this decision. The near term has a better argument for doing it than the long-term future IMO.