This could’ve gone so damned differently... but Obama.
I’m sorry, but it was doomed from the start. The only thing that held the 2 warring factions apart was a strong arm dictator. Once he was removed the fight was on. The only reason there was a temporary lull in the fighting was because Maliki’s side (with our help) ran the other side out of town for a while. There is no chance of peaceful coexistence between the Muslim factions. They hate each other maybe even more than they hate us.