Edward Markey actually said...

"I think that this is the single largest impediment to stability in Iraq."

"The Shia militias and armed groups are still there imposing their will. This is not what the Sunnis want."

"The wrong way to do it is to have the Shia militias do it. In the last statements from the Iraqi government, we, the Shia militias intend to be at the forefront. That would be disastrous."

"Let the Sunnis control it. Let the good people run their own institutions, and then we will have some confidence that the people in Mosul will rise up and fight."