The Folly of Lobbying to Carve Up Iraq (Luay al-Khatteeb, The National Interest)

“It was the Kurds,” wrote Thomas Friedman in 2014, “who used the window of freedom we opened for them to overcome internal divisions, start to reform their once Sopranos-like politics and create a vibrant economy that is now throwing up skyscrapers and colleges.”

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-folly-lobbying-carve-iraq-16385