Maliki needs to go. Then we’ll be more inclined to do something. We’ve made this clear to them. Maliki is not a poker player. He believed the Shia could handle everything themselves. They still may be able to but if he continues to exlude the Sunnis -which is the problem, he will be facing 2 million ISIS rather than 10,000.
Time is of the essence.
They already are facing 2 million ISIS, of which the 10K is just the fighting branch, and the rest of the Sunni are logistical/intelligence support. You think ISIS would have come into Iraq if they were not confident of the support of Iraq's Sunnis? The Sunnis who used to run Iraq under Saddam and miss the days of their wealth and power?
Then these 2011 articles by Washington Times: "The U.S. and Iraq had been in talks about keeping more American troops there beyond 2011, but Iraqi leaders, facing fierce domestic political cross-currents, refused to give U.S. soldiers immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts. The U.S. refused to allow its soldiers to stay without such a guarantee."