Thanks for this important piece.
I've been waiting for these recent events for years. 

Huge irony: I almost missed the latest invasion--and the Kurds' independence announcement--when it finally did happen. And I spend at least two hours a day on "news gathering."  

So, where's the condemnation from the western world?  Oh, wait...we're all members of the anti-terrorist coalition, aren't we?  Fight along side Iraq in their Nobel struggles, don't we?  Hey, wait! Don't Kurds fight terrorists, too?  

Friend on Monday, enemy on Tuesday. 

Long past time Canada got out--and stayed out.