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Peter W. Galbraith

There are people who haven't faced the reality of what has gone on in Iraq. They still think that the old central state is going to be put back together again. It's not going to happen in Kurdistan. It's not going to happen in the south. It's not going to happen in Baghdad.

Peter W. Galbraith

When you have people in a geographical area who do not want to be a part of a country, you cannot keep them in that country forever.

Peter W. Galbraith

The Kurds were in the Middle East long before the Arabs.

Many of the Kurdish people want an independent state—Kurdistan—of their own. There are large concentrations of Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. The Arabs who have a number of independent states in the Middle East came to the area well after the Kurds, but in the vicissitudes of history, the Kurds have not ended up with a country of their own.

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Peter W. Galbraith

Born: December 31, 1950
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Peter Woodard Galbraith is an American author, academic, commentator, politician, policy advisor, and former United States diplomat.

PETER W. GALBRAITH

(Peter Woodard Galbraith)