We should have gone for “We allow or help one side to win...” right from the start. It would not have been our blood flowing. As it is, we’ve spent a lot of lot blood and treasure for folks who largely don’t appreciate it or who are actively our enemies. Being “nice” to enemy populations is not just wasteful, its dangerous.
Which side are you suggesting we should we have chosen? The al-Sadr killers or the Sunni killers?