"Soft partition" of Iraq? The man who first led reconstruction efforts in Iraq says that Arab-Kurd tensions are overblown and that "soft partition" would have been a good idea.Jay Garner knows Iraqi Kurdistan. First appointed to the region following the Gulf War, the retired U.S. lieutenant general has returned to the region countless times -- most famously when he was pulled out of retirement to lead U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq after the 2003 invasion. more »