BALTIMORE, Maryland October 7, 2014 - Despite a courageous stand by resident Kurdish fighters, the Syrian City of Kobani, sitting within eyesight of the Turkish border, is in imminent danger of being overrun by ISIS Terrorists,. Major media reports say that the ISIS flag can be seen flying from several buildings in Kobani, and The Guardian says fighting in parts of the city is door-to-door. Sporadic USA air strikes have done little to ward off the massive ISIS attack. The strategically located city will allow ISIS to connect major power holds on both sides of Kobani, as well as providing the Terrorists with a staging area to launch attacks on Turkey.
Yesterday we reported here that the Kurdish defenders were under-manned and under-armed. ABC reported this morning that one Kurdish defender threw out his arms and screamed, "Where is the rest of the world?"
There is no clear word on whether ISIS intnds to attack Turkey. According to Powerline Blog, and a post by John Hinderaker two days ago, the Turkish defense minister, Ismet Yilmaz, has said publicly that NATO has a plan in writing for the action it will take if Turkey is attacked by ISIS. Even President Obama cannot walk away from that because the United States is a founding member of NATO and is bound by treaty to come to the assistance of any NATO member that comes under military attack.
Some speculate that ISIS will not enter Turkey so that it might keep the USA out of the fight. On the other hand, the group is so insane that it might invade just to force the hand of President Obama when it knows he does not want to get involved.
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