Apparently, this ISIS bunch are so bad that even al-Qaeda doesn’t want to have much to do with them.
When they cause Iran and the Iraqi governments to join forces, that says they see a potentially fearsome foe.
When Iran offers to join with the evil USA to fend them off, that says they are in fear of maintaining their control.
If we had a decent president I might actually consider a short term alliance with Iran on this. Obviously I don’t trust Iran but I trust Obama to only make a mess of such an alliance.
I would avoid direct contact with the Iranians by going through Al Sistani the senior Shia guy in Iraq. He doesn’t love us but has been willing to work with us in the past.
That is what CNN is saying to keep up the charade that Obama was correct in saying AQ was on the run.