Syria: Is there any way this can end well?

I never said Obama should have seen this attack coming.

Are you still beating your wife?

However, if Iraqi forces prevail and drive ISIL back into Syria, they will have done it with US help. That does not speak well to the idea that Iraq is “self-reliant”.

OK, I’m at a loss as to why you would ask if the discussion about Syria and ISIL will be over if the Iraqis drive ISIL back into Syria. This thread is about the Syrian civil war, of which ISIL is an important part.