article_snippet: Haider al-Abadi took over as Prime Minister last year in part to address these deep divisions.
article_snippet: Still, some Sunnis haven't seen the change some Sunnis want: For instance,  Sheikh Naim al-Gaoud in February called for direct U.S. arming of Sunni tribes like  
article_snippet: Sheikh Naim al-Gaoud or at least pressure to make Iraq's government help his or more in the fight for Anbar province.
article_snippet: Just a few days ago, Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said people "must always act with self-control," according to the New York Times.
article_snippet: So what should the United States do?
article_snippet: Jessica Stern, a lecturer on terrorism at Harvard University who this month published, "ISIS: The State of Terror," says it's imperative to address the sectarian divisions in Iraq and continue pushing for changes in the sectarian divisions in Iraq .
article_snippet: There's been talk for years about healing Iraq's sectarian divide.
article_snippet: Biddle thinks the United States should consider sweetening the carrots offered to the Iraqis as incentives -- and start carrying bigger sticks -- to spur it to get it act together.  
article_snippet: The biggest stick would be pulling out of the fight against the Sunnis love ISIS.
article_snippet: we're not offering them many goodies to do what we want and not making them feel like them're going to suffer much either if them don't do what we want.