It is getting to be rather comical in Iraq. This is going to take a few entries.

To the left is a map of the Kurdish Autonomous Region. It is easy to see that the geography extends past the borders of four separate nations.

Now, I love it when a plan comes together. The Kurds have lived under the former no-fly zone and they have built themselves a nation. 

Now that the USA is out of Iraq there are no more Palace Soldiers to send to Kurdistan to oppress the Kurds and it is getting very interesting.

BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Iraq has told Exxon Mobil (click here) it must choose between working in its southern oilfields or in Kurdistan, and Baghdad expects the U.S. oil major to make a final decision in a few days, its oil minister said on Sunday.

"We made it clear to Exxon in the last meeting that the answer we expected from them is either to work in the Kurdistan region or to work in southern Iraq," Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi told reporters.

"Exxon Mobil cannot work in both fields at the same time."

Exxon was the first major oil company to sign agreements with the government of the autonomous Kurdistan region in the north, a move that increased tensions between Baghdad and the Kurds in a long-running dispute over oil, territory and political autonomy....

Now, one might ask what difference does it make if Exxon Mobile is in both regions at the same time? Right? I mean Halliburton is everywhere regardless of the permits issued by Iraq, but, like "What is this?"