Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Iraq Thursday to help a weak prime minister and bolster the military campaign against ISIS.<br />Biden’s arrival, five years after his last trip, comes at an important time as the country’s leadership is mired in yet another crisis.<br />Biden urged in a meeting with to Iraqi officials to put their nation’s interests above sectarian, regional or personal ones as the country confronts a military threat Over the last three years, Iraqi forces have disintegrated in the face of an onslaught from ISIS fighters and the inability of a corrupt central government to support and supply them.
