Obama defies Logic, He handicaps the Winning Team

Obama defies Logic, He handicaps the Winning Team

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/fight-lives

"" President Obama recently told the Times that the Kurdish government is "functional the way we would like to see."

Still, the Administration, bound to a policy it calls One Iraq, is quietly working to thwart the Kurds' aspirations. American officials are warning companies that buying Kurdish oil may have dire legal consequences, and the warnings have been effective: the Kurdish regional government is nearly bankrupt. And yet, as the peshmerga work to force ISIS out of Kurdish territory, they have been supported by American jets""