Where were you when Saddam gassed the Kurds, Dave? Your blame is over-simplified and mis-directed. Try doing a little more reading and you might be able to see why the this 'modern clusterfuck' has been created by the U.S.A. The Kurds haven't been helped by anyone except maybe Iran.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/kurds/cron.html