>?Imagine the Shiites becoming an Iranian satelite
They are.
>Imagine the Sunni becoming an outright terror state
It is.
>the Kurds are screwed again
Only if we allow it. We shouldn't. No need to.
>our interest in developing friendly democracies
We should want friendly states, not democracies necessarily.
Democracies aren't always friendly, look at Europe.
Funny then how cooperative the Shia are being with us isn't it? Just like the pro-democracy, friendly Iranians? That is frankly stupid.
The Sunni are largely a bunch of disgruntled whack-jobs, but most of them aren't terrorists. They even sent toughs to protect the polls from the Jihadist foreigners during the vote. There is a split developing there, and whatever pessimistic view you want to take about the outcome, they are not "now" a state, and cannot organize large-scale mischief on an international stage the way Iran or N. Korea can. Again, that is stupid.