and peter galbraith, former u.n. special representative of the u.n. for afghanistan, serving as an advisor for the kurdistan regional government. thank you for joining us. feisal istrabadi, is it time to split iraq? >> i would say that's a question for the iraqis to answer n the first -- in the first instance, not politicians in the united states to answer. it's important to consider that if iraq breaks up, what the consequences will be for iraqis. if iraq breaks up, it will be a bloody, violent affair, and by judgment iraq would not break up into three places, or three regions. there is at least a good a chaps that iraq would end up looking like somali, and that would be a disaster for the people of iraq, a disaster in the region, and aer for american foreign policy and interests in the region. >> peter galbraith, you said that it's already split up in many ways, but name. >> first step i want to agree istrabadi. it's not for outsiders to decide the future of iraq. the reality is the country has split up. the kurds in the north have what is in all re