Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
Israel likes the partition idea because Kurdistan would be a secular nation and a natural ally against the more fundamentally islamic non-Kurdish states of the region. They also can't stand the fact that Maliki is so openly backed by Iran.

*And of course in my opinion, since I don't particularly care what Turkey thinks (a luxury Washington doesn't have, I guess), I also think the Partition is the only way to go. At least one halfway decent group will benefit then, at least.
Kurdistan will be an ethnic state - like Israel -it will be good for Kurds and bad for anyone living on "Kurdish" territory.

Although, in two generations time that may have resolved itself.