US is destabilizing Iraq's Kurdish north

http://www.thenewanatolian.com/opinion-21118.html

The United States has made a mess of Iraq and is now trying to pick up the pieces with a new plan of a military surge in Baghdad. The American Congress, controlled by the Democrats, is up in arms and even some senior U.S. generals are voicing their misgivings about the "surge."

The U.S. military surge has been coupled with a demand that the Iraqis also commit troops to fight the insurgents and militia that have pushed Iraq into a spiral of violence. For the first time, two Kurdish brigades are being pushed into the battle fronts, which means now they will directly take on the Arabs of Iraq …

Until now the Kurds preferred to stay in their own northern enclave away from trouble. Their region was stable and peaceful. This also created a positive atmosphere that allowed then to boast that the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was the safest place. snip

This is a dangerous game and the Iraqi Kurdish leaders have to raise this issue with the Americans. Let us hope the Kurds do not experience what it means to go to bed with a superpower …

I don't think the Turks will be pleased either.