fuagf -- al-Maliki hasn't just bumbled things into a situation where we have had to go kinetic, he has affirmatively deliberately pushed things into a situation where we have had to go kinetic -- once that line has been crossed, . . .
replacing (. . .) him might not be a panacea (I didn't think much of that one*, more than adequately answered by other things you, I and others have posted), but it damned well might be a start