There was no way they were getting stable leadership with Maliki in charge of Iraq at the time. Part of what Obama did was remove him from the equation. It didn't get much news time as the world is for some reason fixated by what is happening Israel, but it was a huge success for the US.
There will be lots of bumps in the road, but at the end of the day Iraq needs to be stable, and Iraq needs to look after their own people/country. The only way they will do that is by working together with the Kurds and the various other groups. Forcing them to work together to fight ISIS is a great move.
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