Keeping Iraq as One Country Triggers Chaos that Exacerbates rather than Pacifies

The sooner the United States and its allies make it their strategy to just pacify the Middle East will they realize what a losing proposition it is to keep Iraq together.  Today's headline Rising Anxiety in Baghdad Tempers Gains Against ISIS in Iraq's Provinces shows the pitfalls of top a down policy agreed to by establishmentarians when fighting an antiestablismentarian foe fomenting chaos and emotional reactions that exacerbate rather than pacify the region.