12, October 2014 ISIS
The massive US bombing has not stunted the expansion of
ISIS. Contrary to President Obama’s stated goal to ‘degrade and destroy ISIS’,
they appear to be very much alive and only six miles from the Turkey border
town of Kobani. If Kobani falls, ISIS will be in control of more than half of
Syria’s border with Turkey. If this is allowed to happen it will be a massive
military victory. ISIS is a guerrilla organization and has no central
‘Pentagon’ and is therefore relatively immune to US bombing. Contrary, to the
facts on the ground the Pentagon PR machine continues to debunk civilian
casualties and exaggerate its bombing successes.
ISIS has demonstrated its effectiveness by appealing to
extreme religious fanaticism combined with military expertise drawn from
disaffected Sunnis who were margined by our 2003 invasion and the highly
sectarian former Prime Minister, Maliki. Despite Obama’s claim of cobbling
together a collation of 44 of counties, our allies seem to be hopelessly
divided.
Saudi Arabia is playing a double game – sending weapons
and millions of dollars to their Sunni ISIS friends while outwardly supporting
US efforts. Turkey is likewise seriously conflicted, reluctant to support the US coalition. Turkey and
Jordon are also overburdened with tens of thousands of refugees fleeing from Syria.
There appears to be no close liaison between the US and the people who are actually fighting ISIS, such as the
Syrian Kurds and the Syrian army and other groups in Iraq and Syria.
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