Posted on 04/15/2016 2:14:43 PM PDT by Kaslin
American and Turkish-backed forces have launched an offensive in the Turkish-Syrian border region. However, ISIS is fighting back. Aggressively. The Western-allied forces are being pushed back, and many refugee camps are in danger of being conquered by ISIS.
Islamic State militants have responded with a fierce counteroffensive that has repelled the U.S.-backed fighters from key towns and triggered an exodus of families from camps temporarily seized by the extremist group.
One worker in the region told the The Wall Street Journal that the "entire Syrian-Turkish border region is on fire now." And that's not an exaggeration. From the looks of it, this thing could truly explode, if it hasn't exploded already.
One of the biggest fears I have is that refugee camps in the border region will be occupied and after that, completely and utterly destroyed by ISIS:
Islamic State took control of several camps and burned some tents before they were pushed out by Syrian forces backed by the U.S. and its allies, aid workers said Friday.
“At dawn [on Thursday] we heard gunshots near the camp,” a Syrian in one of the camps was quoted as saying by Human Rights Watch. “A short while later, ISIS arrived and used a loudspeaker to tell us we all had to leave.”
These people are sitting ducks. They're just waiting for ISIS to come in and commit yet another massacre. Unless, that is, the anti-ISIS coalition steps it up a notch and finally encircles ISIS' capital of Raqqa. Doing so would cut off ISIS' supply routes and isolate its capital from the rest of its territory in Syria and Iraq.
However, doing so requires a major successful offensive. Sadly, it seems like the U.S. and Turkish-backed forces just don't have the military might to do so. ISIS has repelled their offensive and is striking back with a vengeance.
With the aid of Turkish artillery fire and U.S. airstrikes, the Syrian fighters seized the Syrian border town of al-Rai last Friday, but were forced to retreat within days when Islamic State launched a counteroffensive.
Turkey is calling on the U.S. and its allies to create a safe zone in northern Syria (or to give Turkey permission to do so), but the weak-willed President Obama isn't having any of it.
The reason? He deems it too "dangerous" and "difficult" to protect.
A war is dangerous and difficult? Who would've thunk?
I'm no fan of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan but he is right for once: ISIS can only be defeated by a serious military force that knows what it's doing and that has the funds and manpower to fight a prolonged war. The U.S. and Turkish-backed rebels are a great extra addition to such a force, but they can't be its core; they're simply too weak.
Why is it that the “troops” of these “foreigners” are such wusses?
And how much of the weaponry being used by ISIS has been supplied by the US in its continued effort to overthrow Assad, I wonder.
Obama continues to lead from his behind. He has the famous inverse Midas touch.
Because they have nothing to fight for.
He is the behind; a gaping, prloapsed, a#@hole!
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“Why is it that the “troops” of these “foreigners” are such wusses?”
Not enough transgenders at the point of the spear is my guess.
They are “wusses” because they are Obama’s ARAB “trained Syrian rebels” & TURKS and they are NOT KURDS.
And our planes come back without dropping any bombs or firing a shot. Time to remove the CIC, put someone in there that will allow our people to fight or, call every single one of our people home, bringing their weapons with them, NO MORE leaving the weapons and ammunition for those who would use them against us.
so, um... War Powers Act? Optional?
The way I understand it is that is a islum thing. They are commanded to take the world for islum in the crayon. If they stand up against someone doing this they are going against mopedhead. Therefore they will not fight. It is some BS like that that is keeping them from taking out isis. I believe that is what the reason was. But could be wrong.
I say just destroy them and anyone in the way.
I read an article that said the U.S. is running out of bombs. Probably ammo too, as the gobmint bought it all up to fight US.
CNN: The U.S. is running out of bombs to drop on ISISFOX NEWS: US Air Force running out of bombs to fight ISIS
MILITARY.COM: US Air Force Running Out of Bombs to Fight ISIS
CHRISTIAN POST: ISIS News: U.S. Running Out of Bombs to Drop on Terrorists?
It’s difficult to tell if Turkey is on the side of ISIS or 0bama.
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