Richard Haas makes a perfectly valid argument for the recognition of the independence referendum. The US, UK and UN should now help to negotiate a road map leading to the separation of Kurdistan from Iraq. A number of key joint committees should be set up to devise and construct agreements between Iraq and Kurdistan under the auspices of US, UK and UN and the regional governments should be advised either to keep away to offer support for the work of these committees. The negotiations process may take a number of years. In the meantime, both Iraqi and Kurdistani leaders should be advised to refrain from making and/or using language that would aggravate the situation. Both sides should be urged to be ready to negotiate. It would be better if lawmakers, experts and specialists from both sides are invited and given the task of producing draft papers that would form the basis of future relations of two sides.