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Get within 20 miles of the outskirts of raqqua. when we saw the front line being held by young, often likely armed kurdish fighters who have a lot of optimism about taking the ground fight to isis, but lack, really, the capability at this stage. after paris, the sinai and the cross hairs is here, raqqau. lost in the haze, yet they can hear it, loudest atting dusk. thee days ago, he says, we saw air strikes nearby and then the french say they started bombing. we ll do our best to avenge paris. he, like the other young kurdish fighters here, have lost friends, but saying fighting isis is a duty for humanity, rather than vengeance as they man a series of trenches and outposts about 20 mights from the city. we have just heard distant thuds of what could have been two air strikes. but from where we re standing, here is the kurdish front line, ....
Different. and there are reasons for that. same thing back here in the united states. marco rubio said the same thing, or warrant being the president to declare war. the united states, the western countries, we re already at war. war s already happening. and that thinking is what s criticism is. if it requires declarations of war, then the u.s., the west, is already behind the game because isis, other terrorist organizations are far beyond that. and there s something far more needed than just the troops on the ground in the region. and obama did a fairly decent job over the weekend when probably most people weren t paying attention to lay out a lot of that strategy of saying the u.s. is still going to fight the regional fight of the ground fight for territory in the region, but also go after the heads of the organizations, the financing, and then go after the ideology. that s the three-part plan he talk about. that s all well and good, but doing it on your own or doing it in fits and s ....
That s not going to be as it were on the can of this military package, because they don t want to upset turkey, their very sensitive ally. they re very dubious about those kurds in northern syria, consider them allies to another kurdish group they think are terrorists. this special forces mission, not a game changer. a substantial change in barack obama s policy, but also potentially the tip of an iceberg, which could grow if the u.s. sees traction in these moderate syrian arabs in assisting them, if they actually see some kind of yield on the back, fredricka. and nick, is there any resistance among the kurds, that they ll be receiving this kind of u.s. troop assistance or is it welcomed overall. they brought a message from the kurds, is they re happy fighting, doing the ground fight by themselves, for land they consider to be their future independent homeland, that they call rejaffea. that doesn t mean they don t welcome the air strikes or don t ....
Artifacts, ancient ruins were destroyed a couple weeks ago. they ve really done damage in that ancient city. so, it kind of has extra potency that russia is now striking at isis positions in and around palmyra. what they re saying, in this latest incidence, latest attack they carried out, they found and destroyed at least 20 tanks that isis captured from the syrian government in earlier battles, a number of rocket launchers as well. heavy weaponry, according to the kremlin, have been destroyed by this air strike or these series of air strikes that were carried out. apparently in conjunction with the syrian air force as well. the kremlin are doing quite a lot to answer the criticism they re not doing enough to combat isis. now, u.s. intelligence officials also are saying now that there are signs russia is moving in equipment to ready some kind of a ground fight ....
For iraq for the u.s. for the coalition? wolf right now there is no new plan by the u.s. no new plan by the u.s. military. air strikes will continue we re told but again, this is an urban area so air strikes into a city are very tough business because of the risk of civilian casualties. no additional u.s. troops on the ground no real new plan. the idea is to make the iraqis more capable, to go back in and do it. there is going to be by all accounts a lot of reliance on the shia militias gathering in the desert perhaps to try to go back in to this sunni majority city and also sunni tribes that are seeking arms so they can go fight. that s a sectarian cauldron but right now it looks like it is going to have to be a ground fight. the u.s. will advise but the u.s. not changing its plan air strikes only wolf. nick the problem with the ground fight is that the iraqi ....