Posted on Jun 14, 2015
Syrian Kurds nearing ISIS border stronghold, ISIS fleeing; do you think we should be doing more to arm them directly?
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"Redur Xelil, the YPG spokesman, told Reuters the YPG and smaller Syrian Arab rebel groups fighting alongside it had begun the move towards Tel Abyad after encircling the Islamic State-held town of Suluk 20 km (12 miles) to the southeast.
The YPG has made a determined push into Raqqa province from neighboring Hasaka where, with the help of the U.S.-led alliance, it has driven Islamic State from wide areas of territory since early May.
With the help of U.S.-led air strikes, the YPG fended off an Islamic State attack on the border town of Kobani, or Ayn al-Arab, in January. Since then, the YPG has emerged as the most significant partner on the ground in Syria for the U.S.-led alliance that is trying to roll back Islamic State."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/13/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKBN0OT0F120150613
The YPG has made a determined push into Raqqa province from neighboring Hasaka where, with the help of the U.S.-led alliance, it has driven Islamic State from wide areas of territory since early May.
With the help of U.S.-led air strikes, the YPG fended off an Islamic State attack on the border town of Kobani, or Ayn al-Arab, in January. Since then, the YPG has emerged as the most significant partner on the ground in Syria for the U.S.-led alliance that is trying to roll back Islamic State."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/13/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKBN0OT0F120150613
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We do have to understand our involvement as it is likely the side we support we will eventually fight again.
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Capt Seid Waddell
CSM Michael J. Uhlig, that may be true, but we know for sure that we will have to take on ISIS now; and the Kurds seem to be the only ones up to the task.
And when we were protecting them from Saddam with the northern no-fly zone they responded by creating a prosperous society that was tolerant of other factions in their midst.
I think we could do far worse. They also counterbalance Turkey, which seems to be going off onto a disturbingly terrorist-tolerant direction.
And when we were protecting them from Saddam with the northern no-fly zone they responded by creating a prosperous society that was tolerant of other factions in their midst.
I think we could do far worse. They also counterbalance Turkey, which seems to be going off onto a disturbingly terrorist-tolerant direction.
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CSM Michael J. Uhlig
For those that went to the north in Iraq, you could see a difference in the Kurds controlled areas!
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