Yet Another Reminder That Things Are Really F'd in the Middle East

Apparently, Chris Hitchens has no concern about how well you are sleeping at night. In his latest article on Slate, he points out that the US is currently involved in at least 3 separate conflicts in Iraq right now.

In related news, the Turkish people have elected a fundamentalist as President. This probably will not sit well with the traditionally coup-happy and secular Turkish military. This has significance in Iraq for two reasons: (1) a military coup would likely bring more instability to the region, although its hard to believe thats possible; and, (2) the military is likely to take a hardline on the Kurdish independence movement in Southern Turkey, which is receiving renewed funding from the newly affluent Kurds in Northern Iraq.

At least nobody in the region is talking about a nuke program, then things would really get crazy.