This isn’t an issue of deserving, or something that is as easy as hitting “like” on a post.
The minute you endorse the breakaway part of an existing nation that we have to work with, and antagonizing another that chafes at this potential nation on its borders, you put us in a hell of a bind for a quick feel good moment.
Iraq is allied with Iran. Erdogan is an Islamist. None of them is on our side.
Kurdistan would give us an ally in the region and keep the Mad Mullah’s away from Israel’s door.