one, whether or not the west can stave off the breakup of iraq. and number two, whether or not it's desirable. the kurdish reason has its own president. is there some reason for the west to proactively try to hold this country together? >> in terms of whether it's going to break apart, frankly, it doesn't look good. seems that the kerry trip hasn't made much of a difference, and maliki, he's done this before. it took, i think, eight months to form a government in 2010, and now they're trying to form a new government. i don't think it's going to happen in weeks. it could take months as well. why should the u.s. try to preserve iraq? i mean, it's a very dangerous precedent. these are very badly drawn british colonial borders that have put the sunnis, shias, and kurds together. you're essentially creating a caliphate together. it's unclear how this plays out. iran would try to grab southern iraq, the oil fields there. turkey is going to feel threatened by a new kurdistan. the saudis are not going to
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