08-20-2014, 04:54 PM
DP wrote:
One thing that might help to destabilize ISIL would be the conscious cultivation of a real power-sharing government in Baghdad in which Shi'a, Sunni, and Kurdish players all have an actual stake. ISIL could not have taken so much territory in Iraq without the implicit cooperation/silence of many Sunni Iraqis who feel under attack from a Shi'a-dominated government in Baghdad which continues to foment sectarian division for political and economic gain.
Not might, it will, I believe. Getting a little late for that, unfortunately.
The key different being that it's still politically viable, unlike an invasion and occupation by foreign military forces.