“Bush The Younger was a disaster.”
Yes, but the Turko-Kurdish fight has been going on for decades, long before Bush II ever walked on stage.
We had a chance in the early days of the pretend War on Terror, to fortify and provide the Kurds with the tools to gain their own freedom as they have been promised over decades. We didn’t, we bowed to the Turks, who have no business being in NATO, or being called an ally.