I think the notion of creating a seperate kurdish nation would be a valuble tool in stabalizing the area. It was and is the only region to be largly stable. It would even be valuble to consider just restoring iraq into the three seperate nations that formed Iraq. Each would have oil reserves and a means of generating income. This would make for two largly stable nations sandwiching an insurgent infested middle.
It is at least worth the threat if not the actual implimentation.
We owe the Kurds more than that. I don't want them used again by us. I support giving the Kurds autonomy and it is obvious they can handle it. In fact I would support a 3 state solution as being the best compromise.
I beg to differ. Is the Kurdish region really all that stable? The two political parties there had a civil war ther from 1994 to 1997. Ansar-Al-Islam, a radical Muslim group, has a stronghold in the Kurdish area. The Kurds have had historically bad relations with the Turkomens, Assyrians, and Chaldeans.
Currently, the Kurds seem to be at peace among themselves. But I wouldn't bet on any long-term stability.