U.S. Military: Airstrikes Against ISIS Won't Save Key City Of Kobani -- CNN
(CNN) -- U.S. airstrikes "are not going to save" the key Syrian city of Kobani from being overtaken by ISIS, said Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby.
"I think we all should be steeling ourselves for that eventuality," he told reporters in a daily briefing Wednesday.
"We are doing everything we can to halt" ISIS' progress against the town, but airstrikes alone cannot stop the Islamist militants, Kirby added.
"We've been very honest about the limits of air power here. The ground forces that matter the most are indigenous ground forces, and we don't have a willing, capable, effective partner on the ground inside Syria right now -- it's just a fact," he said.
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More News On Reports That More Iraqi And Syrian Cities Are About To Fall To The Islamic State
Pentagon Sees Baghdad At Risk Of Islamic State Takeover, Expects Kobani To Fall -- Washington Times
Pentagon: We Can't Rule Out Kobani Falling to the Islamic State -- Complex/Foreign Policy
U.S. military: Airstrikes against ISIS won't save key city of Kobani -- CNN
US Facing 'Real Possibility' of Kobani Falling to IS Group -- VOA
White House grapples with limits of air campaign in Iraq and Syria -- L.A. Times
The Central Weakness Of The US-Led Campaign Against ISIS Is Now Clear -- Vivian Salama, Associated Press
My Comment: As I had said in a previous post .... the U.S. may not admit it .... but at this stage of the war the Islamic State is winning.
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