Iraq: When it's not necessary to do something it may be necessary to do nothing

I think some famed statesman of old --- Mitterand, perhaps ---said that.

In Iraq, we have ISIS and Al Qaeda in Iraq vying for power and territory between themselves.  We have Syria, Iran and Iraq --- the Shiites, if you will --- ganging up against these radical Sunni factions.

I say, it's the right time to stand back and let them have at it.

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