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We support the new Kurdish nation. We even send our troops to help them get it together. They are sitting on most of the world's oil. We become their favorite customer.

Can't happen. Kurdistan would be a landlocked nation, so how are you going to get the oil out? Through Turkey? The Turks have already stated that the creation of a Kurdish nation would be an act of war. Even if we parked troops there to defend Kurdistan, the Turks would never allow it to be transported across their border. Maybe west, through Syria? Oh no, that won't work. Syria is an anti-American Sunni dominated nation with close ties to the Sunni's in Baghdad. They'll never side with the Kurds. Iran? Iran may permit transshipment of oil through their pipeline, but the Iranian's are equipped to deal with Europe and Russia, so there are huge logistical problems with shipping oil to the US through there (and I suspect that the Iranians won't be any help in resolving those). Perhaps south, through what's left of Iraq? I shouldn't even have to explain why that won't work.

An independent Kurdistan may be able to exist as a separate nation with us defending it, but it won't be exporting much of anything.

Can't happen. Kurdistan would be a landlocked nation, so how are you going to get the oil out

You're right. I assume they are currently piping it through Iraq.

When we pipe oil through Canada, I assume we pay Canada.

All I know for sure is that without this oil revenue sharing bill signed by the Iraqi government -- now -- they will remain locked in a worsening civil war and Americans will not willingly continue to sacrifice our soldiers and our treasure while they slug it out and bleed us dry.

The real bottom line is that we need this oil. It's a national security issue. We need the oil more than we need to kill Al Qaeda in Bagdad and its environs.

So, what do you suggest we do if the Kurds pull out of the Iraq Parliament? (Followed by the Sunnis.) Back to square one?