Islamic Fighters Advance In Syria Despite U.s. Strikes

[Vigilante]

Reuters ^ |

U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded. "Those air strikes are not important. We need soldiers on the ground," said Hamed, a refugee who fled into Turkey from the Islamic State advance. Mazlum Bergaden, a teacher from Kobani who crossed the border on Wednesday with his family, said two of his brothers had been taken captive by Islamic State fighters. "The situation is very bad. After they kill people, they...

 

[ScienceRocks]

This is what happens when you don't care about human rights or your own life. You're far harder to stop.

 

[MDiver]

The coalition can bomb until they run out of bombs, but they can't hold territory without troops. To win a war, you have to overwhelm the enemy.

 

[Moonglow]

Are you people that blind? There are boots on the ground, just not US soldiers..Iraq said no to US troops in Iraq and so did Syria...

 

[Moonglow]

Reuters ^ |

U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded. "Those air strikes are not important. We need soldiers on the ground," said Hamed, a refugee who fled into Turkey from the Islamic State advance. Mazlum Bergaden, a teacher from Kobani who crossed the border on Wednesday with his family, said two of his brothers had been taken captive by Islamic State fighters. "The situation is very bad. After they kill people, they...

If we can't have victory in one week what good is it??