re: #182 Ian G.
Ah, the Peshmerga. You know that scene in “Half Baked” where the guy quits his job and curses everyone out except one guy (“you’re cool”)? Yeah, that’s how I feel about the Middle East sometimes, where I want to curse out Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc, but tell the Kurds, “you’re cool”.
Even there - which Kurds? (see PKK for example. And some of the things done by the KDP among other Peshmerga organizations.)