POST: Foreign companies digging oil wells in Kurdistan Kurdistan remains committed to creating connectivity on the ground while Shiites and Sunnis are obviously more committed on the disconnectedness strategy, such as clearing out neighborhoods of unwanted people. American, naturally, needs to go with the self-selected connectors here, taking our victories where we can and accepting the follow-on consequences. My bottom line: never bet against the innate desire to connect with the outside world. Thanks to AJ Barnett for sending this.