They have been extra careful in Manbij not to destroy the place during battle, as happened in other Kurdish cities (like Kobane), relying on snipers and infantry rather than airstrikes or artillery. Manbij is mostly Arab, and they want good relations after the war.
But time has dragged on, and other players have schedules to keep (e.g. the Democrats want the ISIS capital of Raqqa to brag about before the election). The change in Turkey is also a huge source of urgency. So now the SDF is offering free passage for ISIS after a month of preventing their attempted breakouts - to bring a swifter conclusion, and to relieve the civilian human shields that are being killed during operations.
A lot of ISIS fighters have been killed there (estimates of around fifty most days), and a trove of intelligence captured.
ISIS may not take up the offer, but I think it shows that there is pressure to speed up the operation.
"We need you to check out so these gullible Khafirs will give us a weapons upgrade. We'll divide up with you later."
Manbij is called “Little London” for all the foreign fighters...
This is absolutely insane. They should all be KILLED (collateral damage be damned), not given free passage for a "time out". Where are our generals and admirals? Oh right, they were either fired or resigned or lost their balls due to Obambi. I feel so bad for our Armed Services and Veterans who live with lost limbs, eyes, etc. Another waste of our best in the sh*t hole called, Middle East.
Dear Obama:
This is NOT the way to fight. Offer them:
1) Surrender with all weapons, or
2) Annihilation.
And the point of this nonsense is?...
Yeah, great idea, then carpet bomb and strafe their columns as they go down the road.
Why warn em as they’ll be back another day?
Just bombed the hell out of em.
leave or obozo will order the US military to sprinkle pixy dust and drop talcum powder on you. Now that’s a line in the sand they can’t refuse.
Enough already. We are TIRED of this SH*T. And people wonder why ISIS continues to exist. Because WE haven't fought them DIRECTLY YET. The 0bamatollah won't allow us to.
Are we\they nuts?
I just don’t get it.
why let them leave ?
kill ‘em or take ‘em prisoner.
Carpet bomb the place to fine rubble...Only a moron would think, if we don't , that the left-over ragheads would be the least bit friendly!
This is why we are losing. We need an actual Commander in Chief.