Obama's Kurdish Challenge

"WaPo says that with the U.S.-Iraq security agreement, Bush gives Obama “flexibility in fulfilling his campaign promise to bring the troops home.”

Okay, fine: The deal, approved last week by Iraq's cabinet, was a “win” for Obama. But as always, WaPo missed the real story. In the penultimate graph, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is quoted as saying: “Turning the security of Baghdad over in that requirement . . . will be a big challenge," he said. "The other [area] that is clearly not secure up north is Mosul. And we continue to be in a pretty tough fight up in Mosul."

Why Mosul? Well, al-Qaeda terrorists have been squeezed into that area. And the Kurds, who are often described as the strongest allies of the United States, want to annex the cities of Mosul and Kirkuk into their territory. The Kurds have been chasing Arabs and Turkomen out of Kirkuk and its nearby towns, and they have been chasing Christians out of Mosul.

Bashar Fadhil, a shopkeeper in Mosul, like other Arabs, says Kurdish soldiers share blame for ongoing violence. When civilians are attacked, he said, "Kurdish soldiers just watch."

Finally today WaPo wakes up and tells us that Bulgaria has been arming the Kurds. That can't be good."
IraqPundit

Maybe the still remember the great deal they got in Turkey