The love triangle between the ISIS (Islamic State) jihadist and Saddam’s ex-Bathists and with the Arab Iraqi Sunni will not last very long. All of the groups mentioned above have a very contradictory ideology and aspiration.
ISIS Jihadist is made up of mainly foreign fighters, indoctrinated with hard-core Wahabi ideology who wishes to establish a fantasy caliphate stretching from east to the west using extreme military force.
The ex-Bathists are a bunch of secular socialists who has preferred Saddam’s dictatorship in the past and don’t really have a strong religious inclination (most of them are atheist anyway). Ex-Bathists want to destabilize the current government and by doing so, they hope to gain back most of the political and military powers which was lost in the second gulf war.
The Iraqi Arab Sunnis who don’t at all share the ISIS interpretation of Islam wants to preserve wealth, power, and the way of life which has further deteriorate under Maliki government.
Apart from the clear differences in ideologies among these groups, Iraqis are also very proud people. They would never listen to this fake caliph or submit to his foreign fighters. ISIS also doesn't believe in power sharing. They have their own religious-politico hierarchy.
This love relationship will probably not last very long.
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