In the Sunday, August 24, 2008 issue of the New York Times Book Review Michael Goldfarb reviews a new book by Quil Lawrence on the Kurds: Invisible Nation: How the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East (Walker and Company). The U.S. may become much less friendly to Iraq’s Kurds than it has been up to now: Goldfarb writes,
“Emanations from some conservative Washington research groups indicate the Bush administration is changing its attitude toward the Kurds. The question is being asked, Are the Kurds good allies? The answers suggest the administration is starting to think no, they are not. What Quil Lawrence’s book teaches us is that when the American endgame in Iraq starts to play out, the Kurds will be stuck in the middle of the changes.”
