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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/8/2014 2:05:29 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Respond to of 224744

U.S. military: Airstrikes against ISIS won't save key city of Kobani By Holly Yan, Josh Levs, and Elise Labott, CNN updated 1:30 PM EDT, Wed October 8, 2014 This from Lieberal CNN

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/8/2014 2:06:07 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 224744

Another unmitigated LIE

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/8/2014 2:09:46 PM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Recommended By jlallen locogringo lorne Respond to of 224744

Wrong Kenneth the Kurds fighting their asses off is working. They know they face execution and torture if captured.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/8/2014 2:11:40 PM
From: jlallen	3 Recommendations Recommended By DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck locogringo TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224744

LOL!! Yeah....and you can keep your insurance and your doctor too!!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/8/2014 2:49:47 PM
From: locogringo	Respond to of 224744

No kenneth, as usual you are wrong again, and ass-backwards. It must be real depressing to have to lie to pimp up your failed president that nobody likes or wants anymore. The US has already written off Kobani as a loss, and made excuses to the press. CNN: Top U.S. Officials Say Fall of Kobani Would Be ‘Not a Big Concern to Us’ The fight in Kobani is becoming increasingly desperate for the Kurdish troops trying to prevent the Syrian border town from falling into the hands of the Islamic State, CNN reports now: The key Syrian border city of Kobani will soon fall to the Islamist terror group ISIS, several senior U.S. administration officials said. They downplayed the importance of it, saying Kobani is not a major U.S. concern. But a look at the city shows why it would mark an important strategic victory for the Islamic mlitant group. ISIS would control a complete swath of land between its self-declared capital of Raqqa, Syria, and Turkey — a stretch of more than 100 kilometers (62 miles). As Time.com put it, “If the ISIS militants take control of Kobani, they will have a huge strategic corridor along the Turkish border, linking with the terrorist group’s positions in Aleppo to the west and Raqqa to the east.” And Staffan de Mistura, U.N. special envoy for Syria, warned of the horrors ISIS could carry out against the people of Kobani — horrors it has carried out elsewhere. “The international community needs to defend them,” he said. “The international community cannot sustain another city falling under ISIS.” I’ve been in touch with sources from Kobani, who have been providing National Review Online with updates and photos. (Read, see and watch the latest here.) One source, who lives in Erbil but is originally from Kobani, has been in touch with friends and family by mobile phone and Facebook. He sent me this update this morning: There are still unknown number of civilians inside Kobani refusing to leave their homes. There are some troops from the [Free Syrian Army] fighting along with the [Syrian Kurdish] forces inside the city. There are no humanitarian aids inside the city of Kobani. … There are about 3,000 civilians being stranded with their vehicles and cattle in three places at the border (Atmanek, Mard Smail and Podri), ISIS from backside and Turkish military in front side.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/9/2014 10:16:17 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Bombing is working right now in Kobani. It is? It seems that you are FOS again. Pentagon sees Baghdad at risk of Islamic State takeover, expects Kobani to fall The Pentagon on Wednesday made the sobering prediction that more towns in Syria and Iraq will fall to the Islamic State in the coming weeks, and that air power alone is not going to be enough to prevent the fall of the Syrian city of Kobani near the Turkish border. It also raised the prospect of Islamic State terrorists marching on Baghdad, a fear that lawmakers and former top military officials say can only be addressed by ground forces. “We know that [the Islamic State] is going to continue to grab ground, and there are going to continue to be villages and towns and cities that they take,” said Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, press secretary to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. “We all have to recognize that reality.” <more> washingtontimes.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/10/2014 10:43:58 AM
From: Jack of All Trades	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Ooops, guess the bombing not working.... Suruc: Militants captured the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the battleground Syrian town of Kobani on Friday as a UN envoy warned of a looming “massacre” by Daesh. Outgunned Kurdish militia were struggling to prevent the militants closing off the last escape route for the thousands of civilians still in or near the town, prompting an appeal for urgent military assistance. gulfnews.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/11/2014 9:51:31 AM
From: locogringo	4 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Honey_Bee Sedohr Nod TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Bombing is working right now in Kobani. OOPS! Air Force Pilots Say They're Flying Blind Against ISIS Obama’s no-boots-on-the-ground pledge is keeping America from fighting an effective air campaign in Iraq and Syria. Within the U.S. Air Force, there’s mounting frustration that the air campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq is moving far more slowly than expected. Instead of a fast-moving operation with hundreds of sorties flown in a single day—the kind favored by many in the air service—American warplanes are hitting small numbers of targets after a painstaking and cumbersome process. The single biggest problem, current and former Air Force officers say, is the so-called kill-chain of properly identifying and making sure the right target is being attacked. At the moment, that process is very complicated and painfully slow. “The kill-chain is very convoluted,” one combat-experienced Air Force A-10 Warthog pilot told The Daily Beast. “Nobody really has the control in the tactical environment.” <more> thedailybeast.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173346)	10/11/2014 9:54:25 AM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Honey_Bee Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224744

Bombing is working right now in Kobani. OOPS! U.S.-led air war in Syria is off to a difficult start REYHANLI, Turkey — The U.S.-led air war in Syria has gotten off to a rocky start, with even the Syrian rebel groups closest to the United States turning against it, U.S. ally Turkey refusing to contribute and the plight of a beleaguered Kurdish town exposing the limitations of the strategy. <snip> “Everyone is angry with the airstrikes. For three years we have been asking for support, and now the West decides to hit only the Islamic State?” said Abu Wassim, a rebel fighter in the northern province of Idlib. The strikes are weakening the Islamic State, he said, but “empowering the regime.” <more> washingtonpost.com