Barham Salih, the former head of the Kurdish region in Iraq, tweeted today the news that the peshmerga (the Kurdish militia) had retaken MalaAbdulla, a strategic location south of Kirkuk, from ISIS forces. Once again, the Kurds have shown that they have the only ground force that is willing and able to stand up to the ISIS terrorists.
The strange thing, of course, is that although it is the Kurds who are actually fighting ISIS, all of America's aid to Iraq goes to the government forces that do essentially nothing. The Kurds could use weapons to great advantage, but president Obama won't give them the offensive weapons that they need in sufficient quantity to really turn the tide of battle against ISIS.
Let's not get caught up right now in discussion of Obama's many mistakes in the Middle East. Let's focus instead on the disaster that has befallen ISIS over the last few weeks thanks to the bravery and the tenacity of the Kurds. First, the ISIS fighters were ousted from Kobani in Syria after a six month battle. ISIS had poured a great deal of resources into this fight and the loss is a major embarrassment for the terrorists group. The loss of an ISIS stronghold at MalaAbdulla in Iraq to the Kurds in addition makes clear that ISIS's days as an unstoppable force in the region are over. The ISIS mystique has been broken by the bravery of the peshmerga.
The world owes a great debt to the Kurds for their valiant struggle against the evil of ISIS. Even if Obama and his dodoes don't get that, the rest of us should.
The strange thing, of course, is that although it is the Kurds who are actually fighting ISIS, all of America's aid to Iraq goes to the government forces that do essentially nothing. The Kurds could use weapons to great advantage, but president Obama won't give them the offensive weapons that they need in sufficient quantity to really turn the tide of battle against ISIS.
Let's not get caught up right now in discussion of Obama's many mistakes in the Middle East. Let's focus instead on the disaster that has befallen ISIS over the last few weeks thanks to the bravery and the tenacity of the Kurds. First, the ISIS fighters were ousted from Kobani in Syria after a six month battle. ISIS had poured a great deal of resources into this fight and the loss is a major embarrassment for the terrorists group. The loss of an ISIS stronghold at MalaAbdulla in Iraq to the Kurds in addition makes clear that ISIS's days as an unstoppable force in the region are over. The ISIS mystique has been broken by the bravery of the peshmerga.
The world owes a great debt to the Kurds for their valiant struggle against the evil of ISIS. Even if Obama and his dodoes don't get that, the rest of us should.
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