Ralph Peters in today’s NY Post: “A new generation of [State Department] ‘Arabists’ wants to write off our Kurdish allies for the pipedream of winning friends among our enemies. …Why betray America’s noble tradition of standing up for the little guy — to which we had almost returned? Why reinforce the impression that Washington betrays its friends in favor of its enemies? Why pander to Saddam’s faithful or the sponsors of 9/11? …The Kurdish north of Iraq is the Middle East we say we want.”

The full story is here.