And now it's 'official':
U.S. officials: ISIS will capture Kobani, but it's not a big concern to us
Yeah. Guess it's also in 'higher US interest' to grant the Daesh another flashy victory - and especially an opportunity to upload more videos and photos of spiked heads on the internet, to bolster its recruiting around the world....The key Syrian border city of Kobani will fall to ISIS, but that's not a major U.S. concern, several senior U.S. administration officials said.
If Kobani falls, ISIS would control a complete swath of land between its self-declared capital of Raqqa, Syria, and Turkey -- a stretch of more than 100 kilometers (62 miles).
The officials said the goals in Syria are not to save cities and towns, but to go after ISIS' senior leadership, oil refineries and other infrastructure that would curb the terror group's ability to operate -- particularly in Iraq.
The officials said saving Iraq is a more strategic goal for several reasons, including the fact that the United States has a relationship with the Iraqi government.
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'Sound Strategy', there's simply no other description...
But of course, one can't say the CENTCOM didn't try to help. Now they're sending B-1Bs to hit something in general Kobane area, as can be seen on this video showing one high above that town, yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acyIYOMBQ-8
I only wonder why is this reminding me of the Op Rolling Thunder: perhaps because a strategic bomber is used to hit tactical targets...?
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