Conservatives must speak up. When Obama is right, he is right. They got to solve their own endless thousand year Sunni - Shiite problems. Our involvement means we lose. Staying out means we tell them we will trade with both sides [like Vietnam China] means we win.
Look at it this way. Bush went into Iraq and he took out the enemy of Iran. Now Iran is back in Iraq. Going into Iraq that was supposed to welcome us and make us their friend because we hung Saddam. Getting involved in Iraq was the gift that keeps on giving to cost us in blood and money. Get the hell out and stay out of picking sides. Trade with all as George Washington said. Alliances with none.
Sorry George, it was Jefferson. “The inaugural pledge of Thomas Jefferson was no less clear: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none.”.
Trying to stop muslims from killing each other is like trying to stop cats from killing birds.
I don't think Iran is the problem at this moment.
That said,I'm beginning to wonder, like you, if there could be a silver lining: if the Iraqis can retain most of what they now have, it will evolve into a regional sectarian struggle--with Iran up to it's knees. The terrorists will find that it is easier to take territory over there than it is to hold onto it while surrounded on all sides, and an over-extended Iran might become increasingly vulnerable to popular uprisings.