More than any other conflict in the Middle East, this is a tribal war. Bush disbanding the largely Baathist Sunni army and installing a puppet Shia ruler who has marginalized and blocked out Sunni legislators has exacerbated the problem. The Sunni/Shia conflict must be resolved by Muslims themselves ultimately. In the Christian religion, Protestants and Catholics learn to live in the same town, even in Ireland. Of course the US and western nations are also in their crosshairs based on our behavior back to the last century, but this ISIS army was formed to establish THEIR own version of a strict Sunni interpretation of Islam. Shia supporters are executed in the most violent fashion.
Its no surprise that Shia ruled Iran is helping to defeat this Sunni based terrorist organization. But Sunni Saudi Arabia could do so much more. They have a 500,000 army. Estimates of ISIS is at something like 20,000. If top clerics in both countries, including Egypt, Jordon, and all of the smaller Muslim states in that area would, whether Shia or Sunni, demand an end to this kind of extremism, and work together to that end, they could swarm ISIS camps en mass and wipe them out literally overnight.
But religion makes people act like children. "yes he did...no he didn't...yes he did....no he didn't...." Its far past time the more adult Muslims, who are moderate and should be embarrassed that their religion is reduced to some of their children (vicious adult children) bullying other children based on some decision thousands of years ago about bloodlines of rulers.
A coalition of Muslim dominated States could crush ISIS. No need for the US or any western nation to send troops. But one other thing religion does besides making people act like children is making them cowards. Cowards to first admit how childish they have been behaving.
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