There is no free lunch. He who struggles reaps the benefits. To victors the spoils.

A push-button war from safety of 30000 feet above or behind the lines does not count. You must have feet on the ground and fight mano a mano.

Let me guess - all the fighting will be done by Kurd Pesh-Merga or Shia Militias, while the Iraqi Army, the Turks, the Canadians, and the Americans will watch from afar, giving worthless "advice", faulty "intelligence", obsolete "armaments" too risky to be used by their own. If they expect to benefit from the fight they are dreaming in Technicolor.

The long term winners in this game are Iran and Russia who have a long term strategy and taking the real risks, in Syria, in Iraq, and elsewhere.

Ask yourself. For all the mess the Corporate Capitalist West made in Afghanistan in 1980s to rout the Russians, what did they get in return? 9/11, 7/7, Daesh/ISIL, rise of BRICS, debt, depression, despair, a lifestyle full of fear while no longer welcome on 9/10 of globe.