Oh, silliness. We effectively annexed most of Iraq to Iran. As soon as we leave the Sunnis, who will never accept submission to the majority Shi’a, will begin the age old bloodbath, and the Kurds will wish a pox on both houses. The Sunnis have been warming up this battle ever since we declared surge victory and the press left. I hate to ever agree with Biden, who has plagiarized much more than I ever have, but splitting them into three and backing the Kurds had tremendous strategic potential for wreaking mayhem on our enemies (think Iran and Syria), putting the fear of God into Turkey that our support will not be interminable and unconditional, and providing a tremendous drain on all those Sunni funds and wannabe muj–let them leave Europe, Minnesota and wherever else, and never come back. The regime in Tehran might find general repression a bit challenging when dealing with open rebellions in its north and south.

Creative mayhem, you might call it. For our benefit, for once.

Jane you B****!