The other thing is Syria. If Russia can keep it intact, that's fantastic. It'll keep ISIS and their friends Turkey from having a corridor to the Med. Besides that, it's a buffer that protects Lebanon and Israel.
That's my understanding, anyway, from trying to follow the Mideast mess the US and our allies have created. Biggest problem? Our allies are the bad guys, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Please, correct me where I err.
>I thought it is the Sunnis who were allied with Saudi Arabia, and have failed totally at protecting their cities from ISIS. Wouldn’t it be better if Iraq split into at least three parts?....Kurdistan (which would include their areas of Turkey), Sunni, and Shiite dominated areas.
ISIS is the Sunnis. Which is why they are so very effective in combat against the Shiite state of Iraq.