BBC News: Reports " Fighting has intensified in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, where Kurdish forces have been holding Islamic State at bay since September. "
Lets Get Real:
The fight for Kobane has become a symbol for the fight between the Kurds, Free Syrian Army and US air power against IS. Kobane is a destroyed mess, but as long as the Kurds and its Allies defend the town, the more it shows to others including the Iraqi Army that it can fight IS on its own ground. One has to assume that US and UK Special Forces are part of the fight, helping the US target IS positions on the ground. The winner of Kobane will win a strategic victory and a PR VICTORY, that is why the fight is still going on, for the Obama plan to use air power alone this fight has to be won, otherwise Syria AND Iraq will need Western forces to take down IS.
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