"Your statement, like a lot of British and American opinion on Iraq, tends to ignore the Kurds because they dont fit easily into most people's view of the situation."

Well, the Iranians, Iraqis, and Turks have problems fitting the Kurds into their views of the situation, too, so what chance do the poor old Poms and Yanks have?

Probably the most reasonable result is to give the Kurds their own country, but I don't want to have to tell that to the abovementioned Iranians, Iraqis, and Turks. Oh, and maybe to the Armenians.