TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER (CNN) - Witnesses in the Syrian border town of Kobani say the situation is getting worse. It doesn't matter how brave you are if you don't have bullets to fire and the enemy does.
Britain's former ambassador to the US, Christopher Meyer, has criticised Labour's apparent insistence on UN security council backing for air strikes in Syria. Meyer accused Labour of subcontracting its policy to China kobani and Russia who as permanent members of the council would be expected to veto such any such resolution. By insisting on a UNSC resolution on Syria/Iraq/ISIS, Labour subcontracts its policy to China and Russia.
This accelerated pattern of retribution, this raising of the stakes, and this deliberate and extreme manipulation of terror, is what scares me so much about this conflict. It makes me wish that the international community was stronger and more able to step in, because all the ingredients are there for barbarism on a scale we've not yet seen. for ISIS. That was a complete betrayal, yet our stooges in the State Dept. didn't see it coming.
And being an ally doesn't mean we agree on everything, it means that the two countries will come to each other's defense if attacked. At least in this case it does. And Turkey is a strong ally in that respect, being a part of NATO kobani and all. Those on the left have always championed independent mindedness like FOREVER !! There's very seldom been the kind of homogenous lockstep among lefties as on the right, especially in these mindless teaparty times.
But that's not so simple. They would probably need to fly them out of Incirlik in Turkey and of course the Turks are 'conflicted'. Also they'd need to have robust search and rescue capability right across the border kobani,since the A-10s fly low and are vulnerable to antiaircraft fire. I'm sure the US military (and all the others) are very reluctant to get low enough for an IS manpad or heavy gun to knock down an aircraft.
The YPG also seems to have taken out lots of tanks, in addition to those being hit by the coalition air force. can wreak hell with ISIS' armor in an urban setting. I don't know the extent to which the Kurds have them, but it would be easy enough to deliver. quantities that we don't have to worry much about them being turned on Turks or whoever. Supply one and one half for each ISIS tank.
Erdogan's comments did not signal a shift in Turkey's position: He has said repeatedly that Ankara wants to see a more comprehensive strategy for Syria before it commits to military involvement in the U.S.-led coalition. WATCH: Speaking kobaniabout the town of Kobani at the State Department Tuesday, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said while the situation on the ground in Kobani is horrific,” the United States remains focused on its broader strategy of defeating ISIS.
But apparently the Kurdish women are aware that under the rule of groups like ISIS (and the less extremist but still very very extreme groups like the Taliban and Al Qaeda) they will have no choices about their own lives. She probably made a calculated decision to save those whom she commanded, friends whom she loved and cherished, by sacrificing her life to take out a dangerous ISIS unit that had been killing many.
Further complicating the issue, the U.S. said it has begun talking directly to the Kurdish fighters' political wing in Kobani — a diplomatic move that is likely to anger Turkey. The U.S. isn't sure why IS is fighting so hard for control of Kobani, a city with few resources and far removed from any capital. But like the U.S. with Kobani, a loss to a ragtag group of Kurdish fighters would be a propaganda loss for IS.
Britain's former ambassador to the US, Christopher Meyer, has criticised Labour's apparent insistence on UN security council backing for air strikes in Syria. Meyer accused Labour of subcontracting its policy to China kobani and Russia who as permanent members of the council would be expected to veto such any such resolution. By insisting on a UNSC resolution on Syria/Iraq/ISIS, Labour subcontracts its policy to China and Russia.
This accelerated pattern of retribution, this raising of the stakes, and this deliberate and extreme manipulation of terror, is what scares me so much about this conflict. It makes me wish that the international community was stronger and more able to step in, because all the ingredients are there for barbarism on a scale we've not yet seen. for ISIS. That was a complete betrayal, yet our stooges in the State Dept. didn't see it coming.
And being an ally doesn't mean we agree on everything, it means that the two countries will come to each other's defense if attacked. At least in this case it does. And Turkey is a strong ally in that respect, being a part of NATO kobani and all. Those on the left have always championed independent mindedness like FOREVER !! There's very seldom been the kind of homogenous lockstep among lefties as on the right, especially in these mindless teaparty times.
But that's not so simple. They would probably need to fly them out of Incirlik in Turkey and of course the Turks are 'conflicted'. Also they'd need to have robust search and rescue capability right across the border kobani,since the A-10s fly low and are vulnerable to antiaircraft fire. I'm sure the US military (and all the others) are very reluctant to get low enough for an IS manpad or heavy gun to knock down an aircraft.
The YPG also seems to have taken out lots of tanks, in addition to those being hit by the coalition air force. can wreak hell with ISIS' armor in an urban setting. I don't know the extent to which the Kurds have them, but it would be easy enough to deliver. quantities that we don't have to worry much about them being turned on Turks or whoever. Supply one and one half for each ISIS tank.
Erdogan's comments did not signal a shift in Turkey's position: He has said repeatedly that Ankara wants to see a more comprehensive strategy for Syria before it commits to military involvement in the U.S.-led coalition. WATCH: Speaking kobaniabout the town of Kobani at the State Department Tuesday, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said while the situation on the ground in Kobani is horrific,” the United States remains focused on its broader strategy of defeating ISIS.
But apparently the Kurdish women are aware that under the rule of groups like ISIS (and the less extremist but still very very extreme groups like the Taliban and Al Qaeda) they will have no choices about their own lives. She probably made a calculated decision to save those whom she commanded, friends whom she loved and cherished, by sacrificing her life to take out a dangerous ISIS unit that had been killing many.
Further complicating the issue, the U.S. said it has begun talking directly to the Kurdish fighters' political wing in Kobani — a diplomatic move that is likely to anger Turkey. The U.S. isn't sure why IS is fighting so hard for control of Kobani, a city with few resources and far removed from any capital. But like the U.S. with Kobani, a loss to a ragtag group of Kurdish fighters would be a propaganda loss for IS.
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