Warren: Destroying ISIS should be 'No. 1 priority'

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105. This is a good question

I think that's why the Obama Administration has been adamant that the Iraqi government in Baghdad must be more inclusive and representative. Maliki turned the government into a Shia enclave and made bitter enemies with Iraq's Sunnis. I do think that that the Obama Administration is well aware that these power vacuums cannot continue to exist. It is going to be a difficult struggle to get the Iraqi Shia and Sunni to function together. I may turn out to be impossible and partitioning necessary. Obviously extreme care will need to be exercised to prevent a repeat of ISIS in the emerging states, should this occur.

I don't think anyone knows what to do about Syria. I think the Obama Administration may be begrudgingly accepting that Assad is the better choice than ISIS, but only by a matter of degrees. A partitioning of Syria may be necessary as well.

It is indeed a mess the artificial borders that have been created in the region coupled with long raging sectarian feuds. There are no great options. That's for sure. It's a choice of bad options.