Which way is least implausible for Baghdad to prevent/defeat ISIS' blitz of 2014

It would have been less implausible for Baghdad to prevent/defeat the ISIS 2014 blitz by

  • Earning Sunni support

    Votes: 3 75.0%
  • Effectively repressing Sunnis

    Votes: 1 25.0%

  • Total voters
    4

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With a PoD after December 2011 and US withdrawal, which is a less implausible way for Baghdad to prevent/defeat the ISIS blitz of January - June 2014 that saw the group take over much of Iraq from Anbar to Mosul, by: a) Baghdad earning Sunni support, or b) Baghdad effectively repressing Sunnis?

Why so?
 
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