- Jun 6, 2007
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The American people watch with heartbreak and extreme embarrassment as brave Kurdish fighters defending the town of Kobani are overrun by ISIL fighters and the American government acts powerless to change the almost certain outcome of this town falling to ISIL and these ISIL forces killing all the Kurdish fighters and the five hundred old and disabled Kurds in this town. This writer is no military expert but questions why isn't the common sense course taken by the American government America has Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria and eastern Turkey willing to rescue Kobani if they can only get there why doesn't the American military use its Osprey fleets the vehicles that land like helicopters but fly like planes to pick these Kurdish rescue units and fly them to Kobani and land outside the town at a distance out of the firing range of ISIL forces. Moreover, the U.S. air force could resupply all the Kurdish fighters in Kobani by air drops for heaven sakes the U.S. air force supplied the city of Berlin through air drops for months if not years at the end of World War II. This wouldn't violate the White House's ban of no combat troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria it would essentially be no different than the American military's recent use of Cobra helicopters to defend the Baghdad airport. The loss of Kobani to ISIL is a big deal America and its coalition needs good fighters on the ground if it is to defeat and eventually wipe-out this apocalyptic group and people and groups that could answer this call will probably hesitate after the Kobani loss considering that America will hold back in helping them if the fight gets real challenging!
