Reaction: Kurdistan becoming a reality?

Iraqi Kurdistan is making a lot of big moves towards securing an independent nation it seems. Flying under the radar and behind the shadow cast by Shia-Sunni sectarian violence, Kurds have begun a campaign both at home and here in the United States to establish their own Kurdish homeland. They have even established their own group of political lobbyists here in the United States. While I think this is an excellent opportunity for the Kurds and the Kurdish people, the threat of destabalizing the region, especially in Turkey, is something to be taken seroiusly. However, on the flip-side by keeping the Kurds a part of Iraq it adds more instability to Iraq. This is evidence that the divide-and-conquer tactics used by the imperial powers all those years ago still have long-lasting effects and will continue to affect the region. Righting the wrongs of improperly established borders all those years ago will have to come to the forefront of our conciousness eventually and plans to deal with it should begin now.