IS THAT THE SMELL OF... RICH?

Dear Diary,

The Kurds totally have oil!

Seriously! They’ve been signing all these deals with international corporations to explore their region for oil!

Yay! Yay! Yay!

I, for one, think it’s great that the Kurds are able to make economic progress in these times of bitter, hostile chaos. Oil is awesome, so it should definitely make Iraq more unified. More oil = more unified, I always say. I don’t think the rest of Iraq really needs to worry about the Kurds not wanting to share the wealth.

I do think I’ll ignore the fact that the Kurds have banned the display of the Iraqui flag in government buildings. I mean, Kurdish leader, Massoud Barzani, says he’s down with a federal democratic and pluralistic Iraq, so even if the Kurds have the right to self-determination, it will be totally fine, right?

PS- I don’t think the effigy of me that was burning during a Hamas protest in the West Bank was very good. It didn’t look anything like me.