I guess what I am saying is this. We certainly are in a quagmire in Iraq. It is time for the powers that be, to take a step back and take a truely objective view on what the situation is and where it needs to go. Any peaceful measures for Kurdish Independance need to be seriously looked at and considered. Otherwise there is going to be long term ongoing conflict between the Kurds and thier neighbors.

To play a little bit of if I were President;
I would say to the Iraqi Central Government, either get your shit in one bucket by day X or we will immediatly sieze combat patrols, and will relinquish all internal security to Baghdad outside of the Turkish Provinces.
The Unites States will recognize an Independant Kurdish Government in the current Kurdish Autonomous region. We will be moving considerable military forces from your land and will be in a position to protect the sovereignty of Kurdistan. We assure you Kurdistan will not launch any offensive military operations at any of her neighbors.

The Turks and Iranians would be told a similar thing. The Kurds by treaty will conduct no military offensive military operations etc. The US will assure this.

Nobody in Iraq wants to play nice among Iraqis except the Kurds. The Kurds are the most realistic ethnic group, and geographic region to truly prosper from this. When they have thier homeland, self determination, and economic prosperity that is thier actual potential. I think it might be wise to look in that direction.

Of course this is purely hypothetical and many many many details would need to be worked out. This is probably the wisest time to go ahead and do this. Because whatever becomes of Iraq, without a peaceful partition it is going to repeat itself in increasingly large expenditure of life and treasure.

Our foreign policy should be dictated by dealing with people who want quality diplomatic ties with the US. Why are we again turning our backs on the Kurds once again, when they are ready and willing and in a good position to have its creation done the right way.