re: Kurds resist hope of unity in Iraq
One of my concerns all along was the insertion of various "ringers" into the security apparatus. At the time I first expressed it, the issue was Sadr's goons doing this, not to mention al Qaeda and the insurgency.
There was really no way to avoid some of this during the buildup of the army. Had we just kept the original army in place, it would have been even worse. It goes without saying that Saddam had already stacked the military with his own goons.