General (Ret.) Mohammed al-Samarae says that for the U.S. to successfully and decisively defeat ISIS, it must change the balance of power and momentum on the ground, something it cannot achieve with airstrikes alone.

Gen. (Ret.) Mohammed al-Samarae argues that a new 'Sunni Awakening' would help push ISIS out of Iraq, but U.S. needs to press Baghdad to grant the Sunnis meaningful gains--something the Maliki government refused to do.

General (Ret.) Mohammed Al-Samarae, a former Iraqi army commander, analyses a deeply divided Iraqi society and argues the political elite will remain a problem for years to come.