Hello S-2,
While I share you general sympathy for the Kurdish cause, I would like to broad brush paint three issues I have with the partition of Iraq at this point:
1. There could be some hang ups with regards to the U.S. supporting Iraqi Kurds while simultaneously playing softball with Ankara over their Kurdish issues. This would no doubt not escape the gaze of our Kurdish friends.
2. On general principle, I have a predisposition to the opposition of Iraqi partition (gratuitous alliteration
) if for no other reason than ill thought out schemes for the partition of the Middle East are part of the reason we are in the current mess in the first place.
3. Introducing three small, weak actors into the current geopolitical climate in that region strikes me as a recipie for continued friction.
Just a few thoughts on your thinking.
Regards,
William