, Columnist
Iraq's Kurds Have Earned Their Right to Independence
The U.S. should offer full-throated support, not a quibble over timing.
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Consider the plight of an ethnic group seeking self-determination in the Middle East.
Its leaders have renounced terrorism. Their militias fight alongside U.S. soldiers. While their neighbors built weapons of mass destruction, they built a parliament, universities and the infrastructure for an independent state. And they pursue independence through a recognized legal process, enshrined in their country's constitution.