A divided country: is this the future of Iraq?

This morning I came across a post by Michael Totten that centers on the future of Iraq, a future where there may be two countries where previously there was one. The Kurds to the north continue to want their own country and operate as such as Totten observes:

"The Kurdistan Regional Government has its own ministers. They report to no one in Baghdad. The Kurds have their own military. They have their own economy. They have their own internal border, and they are its only policemen. The Kurds even have their own foreign policy. Their government is internationally recognized. When Masoud Barzani travels to foreign capitals he is recognized as the President of Iraqi Kurdistan."

Totten doesn't speak much at all in this post as to the United States position on such things, but seeing as how the Bush Administration has put liberty and freedom around the world at the forefront, I belive they would approve of such a development. I myself see it as encoraging - people taking responsibility to run a democraticly governed region. Don't expect to hear much about such things in the MSM though, it's too positive and heart-warming for them to report on, not enough death and dispair, not to mention can't be used conventionally against President Bush.