I just don't know how it's solved. Now, Sunni has come to mean a government that will lay down their arms to ISIS. And the Kurds? Well, yeah, the Turkish Kurds are going to want to join an independent Kurdistan. Good....they're the only ones who have been unequivocal in opposing ISIS.
At this point, Europe and the US have to worry about our own survival. And the DC crowd is STILL finding ways to inundate us with invaders and to ship jobs overseas.
There's no good answer. Want to put Iraq back together? It'll take a ruthless dictator. And who wants that?
When these reporters ask the question, should we have gone to war in Iraq, the proper answer is after we won the war, we should not have pulled out and lost the peace. That’s the answer to the Iraq question. It was on it’s way to being a liberal democracy. Was it perfect? No, but with our continued guidance we could have helped it stand on it’s own in time. It was stable when we pulled out.
As for what to do now, that is going to be up to the American people I suppose. If we abandon them, it will send a message to all of our allies, especially the ones in the middle east. Saudi right now is trying to get a bomb from Pakistan. Do you think the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a good idea? Every decision has it’s consequences, whether it’s action or inaction. Inaction or desertion will have far greater negative long term impact on us than action. Think of post Vietnam, the Kmher Rouge, the killing fields, Soviet Union on the march in Afghanistan and Central America. These were all decisions that were (I believe) the consequences of us deserting South Vietnam after we signed the Peace treaty in 1973. Again, we left a stable functioning government and had a residual force to help them. We then cut off funding to the South Vietnam government in 1974. We abandoned them. It’s no coincidence that North Vietnam invaded in early 1975. They read the tea leaves also.