Iraq vs ISIS: How can the U.S. Help?

Iraqis hate our policy of containing ISISTom Ricks Blog, Foreign Policy, November 18, 2015
By Hassan AbbasBest Defense guest columnistIn June 2014 I witnessed thousands of Iraqis throng the offices of top Shia clerics in Najaf, including Grand Ayatollah Ali-al Sistani, asking for a religious injunction to proceed towards Mosul and fight the Islamic State. It was not a choreographed exercise.