I agree with Mr. Hitchens that we should not allow Kurdistan to be overtaken or left to its own defense. Too many times have we abandoned these people when all the do is fight and follow whatever policy we dictate.

You are right when you say that "Turkey won't be well behaved", but it is the sense that they will do everything in their power to keep a formally recognized independent Kurdistan. Meaning, they will use everything within their power to keep Turkish Kurds from migrating to Kurdistan, as will the Syrians with their respective Kurdish population.

This situation places the United States in a most precarious situation because on the one end we want and should continue our support for the Kurdish people, but at the same time we do not want to alienate our allies, the Turks as well. Turkey, as of right now, is the closest example of what "we" ,by that I mean the politicians in power in the executive branch, would like to see a Muslim nation be like politically organized.