I agree, the issue between the Kurds and Turkey is a little more complicated than the other areas, but given that the other areas were being broken up, something would have to be done with the Kurds, and I think giving them to Turkey is better than giving them to Syria or Iran.

I also hadn't thought about Baghdad, and don't have an answer for that, but I also don't think one city should block a resolution that is good for the rest of the country. Even though Baghdad is diverse, I think the land around it is mostly Shiite (I'm not sure of that, it's been a while since I last saw maps that showed this stuff), so I think Baghdad would go to Iran.

As for the oil reserves, I think they should just follow the land.

There will obviously be a lot of arguing over borderline areas, and this is probably one of the reasons they didn't go this direction. However, I think the biggest reason we didn't divide up the country was that we're enemies with Syria and Iran, and we didn't want to give them anything.

All in all, though, I agree with you that we could have avoided all of this mess had Iraq never been formed in the first place. I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, but it obviously hasn't worked out well.