article_snippet: Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said the involvement of these groups "will only be a problem if it results in sectarianism.
article_snippet: Sunnis willing to fight ISIS should be given control over Sunnis willing to fight ISIS own affairs in northern Iraq in the way that Kurdish aspirations have been accommodated.
article_snippet: Getting to a new political order in Iraq that offers the prospect of sustainable stability and progress will require compromise, not only among Iraqis but also among the regional sponsors of Iraq contending factions -- Iraq has become a key battleground in the regional struggle between camps led by Iran and the Saudis.
article_snippet: Creating a political order capable of stabilizing Iraq will require a new security "grand bargain" negotiated between the key stakeholders.
article_snippet: The reality is that ultimately, only a political deal that guarantees Iraqi Sunnis' inclusion, equality and protection -- one that is implemented by Iran and Iran allied Iraqi militia -- can resolve the ISIS problem.
article_snippet: And unless all of the key stakeholders are willing to negotiate a new way of living together, Iraq is likely to remain a battleground where the United States finds the United States inadvertently reinforcing the problem.