ISIS or IRAN will lead IRAQ

Iraqi Shiites are becoming dependent on Iran's help to fight the Sunni extremists of ISIS.

"The small contingent of US advisers in Iraq is relying on a heavily Iranian-influenced Iraqi sectarian intelligence and security apparatus. The Iraqi security forces are predominantly Shia, and in addition, Shia militias and “advisers” from the IRGC Quds Force are now fighting as legitimate Iraqi forces. 

This creates an environment in which targeting operations developed by Iranian forces and the militias have primacy over those developed by the US, leading to the possibility that  Washington could be portrayed by Islamic State as complicit in the indiscriminate targeting of Sunnis. Such operations will be perceived the same way by the very Sunnis we need to fight Islamic State, thus undermining the US strategy to “support Iraq … free itself from sectarian conflict and the scourge of extremists.”

Any US reliance on Iranian support in the fight against the Islamic State is also likely to strengthen Tehran’s bargaining position in the nuclear negotiations."  Full article  HERE

A complicated mess.  Although I would love to think one side is better than another in this battle, and would love to see cooperation lead to a renewed friendship with a moderate Iran – that seems like wishing on too many marshmallow flavored rainbow dreams… Perhaps the best analogy is to compare to the Nazi/Soviet division of Eastern Europe in 1939, in which the enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but we can treat one like an ally when convenient and hope that neither side comes out of it too strong and dominant. Unfortunately there seems to be no unity in “our” goals and what “we” want on this side of the Atlantic either.  Can anyone explain what Obama's goals are in secretly helping ISIS while kowtowing to Iran in nuclear talks?  I offer one possible explanation in -

Antichrist 2016-2019: Mystery Babylon, Barack Obama & the Islamic Caliphate