Monday, October 5, 2015

Retaking Raqqa, Good Luck With That

When ISIS took the city of Kobani in north west Syria, it over reached. Kobani being Kurdish lacked the Sunni sympathisers  that it required to maintain it's rule and so the retaking of Kobani was ninety nine percent because of the Kurdish desire for a homeland and very little to do with our air power.  Obama's renewed offensive against ISIS in the North of Syria will be successful in taking back Kurdish villages but Raqqa, a Sunni city to the west will not be taken back from ISIS using Kurdish fighters who lack an imperialist desire to expand beyond what they consider their homeland.  Without a strong Sunni political union to take the place of ISIS in Raqqa, a takeover is sure to end badly for the allies there.  

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