Republicans Silent as Glorious Kurdish Coalition at the Gates of ISIS’ Capital

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http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/05/26/republicans-still-silent-obama-coalition-gates-isis-capital/

Republicans STILL Silent As Obama Coalition At The Gates Of ISIS’ Capital

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ByColin Taylor
Posted on May 26, 2016

The long awaited push against the defacto capital of the Islamic State has finally begun. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a multi-ethnic coalition led by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG/YPS) but include local Arab, Assyrian, Armenian, Turkmen, and Circassian militias, have finally begun a 12,000 man offensive to liberate the city of Raqqa from the ultraconservative Wahhabi terrorist group known as Daesh (or IS/ISIS/ISIL).

With United States Special Forces guiding from the ground and the international coalition (Coalition Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve) watching from the skies, these brave men and women (the Kurdish YPG are renowned for the bravery and ferocity of their all-female units) have only hours ago liberated the villages of Fatisah and al-Hadirya and have taken eight kilometers of territory.




The going will be slow, unfortunately. Daesh’s obsessive need to booby-trap and landmine everything you could possibly hide an improvised explosive device (IED) in –including copies of the Qu’ran was made clear when the Iraqi city of Ramadi was liberated. Three months later, Iraqi security forces and American contractors are still de-mining and de-trapping the city, where tens of thousands of IEDs were hidden in anticipation of the liberators.

The YPG and the SDF have been the most effective combatants in the war against Daesh this whole time, and they are truly allies worthy of the United States. Long disenfranchised and repressed by the murderous Assad regime, the Kurdish cantons have declared their own federal autonomous region (Rojava) in northern Syria, governed under the principles of poly-ethnicity, gender equality, democratic confederalism and environment sustainability. Rojava is the birthplace of the SDF, which looks beyond the war to implementing a federalist democratic system across all of Syria once the fighting ends.

It is far beyond time we stopped pandering to the demands of an increasingly fascist dictatorship in Turkey and began giving our full, unbridled support to one of the only groups who strive to embody the values of freedom, tolerance, and democracy that we ostensibly started the war on terror to promote in the first place. The United States can back the multi-ethnic SDF and rest assured that upon liberation, there will be no sectarian reprisal killings as we have seen from Shia militias in Ramadi or the recent massacre of Alawites by Ahrar-al Sham in Syria’s al-Zahraa.

And, as usual, there is nothing to be heard of from the American right-wing, who are apparently such enormous hypocrites that they can’t even give grudging support for when the President does something they’ve been piteously moaning about for the past sixteen months. Perhaps they’re too distracted by the insurgency of Donald Trump in their own ranks, watching in horror as their nominee casually discards a platform cultivated over the past eight years like a child tossing aside a book whose words are far too complex for his understanding.

While the war is far from over, this is an extremely important operation that could drastically shift the course of the conflict – and the future of Syria – for years. We wish our brave Special Forces men and the valiant warriors of the SDF good luck – and good hunting.

Biji Rojava!
 
http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/05/26/republicans-still-silent-obama-coalition-gates-isis-capital/

Republicans STILL Silent As Obama Coalition At The Gates Of ISIS’ Capital

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ByColin Taylor
Posted on May 26, 2016




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The long awaited push against the defacto capital of the Islamic State has finally begun. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a multi-ethnic coalition led by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG/YPS) but include local Arab, Assyrian, Armenian, Turkmen, and Circassian militias, have finally begun a 12,000 man offensive to liberate the city of Raqqa from the ultraconservative Wahhabi terrorist group known as Daesh (or IS/ISIS/ISIL).
With United States Special Forces guiding from the ground and the international coalition (Coalition Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve) watching from the skies, these brave men and women (the Kurdish YPG are renowned for the bravery and ferocity of their all-female units) have only hours ago liberated the villages of Fatisah and al-Hadirya and have taken eight kilometers of territory.
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The going will be slow, unfortunately. Daesh’s obsessive need to booby-trap and landmine everything you could possibly hide an improvised explosive device (IED) in –including copies of the Qu’ran was made clear when the Iraqi city of Ramadi was liberated. Three months later, Iraqi security forces and American contractors are still de-mining and de-trapping the city, where tens of thousands of IEDs were hidden in anticipation of the liberators.
The YPG and the SDF have been the most effective combatants in the war against Daesh this whole time, and they are truly allies worthy of the United States. Long disenfranchised and repressed by the murderous Assad regime, the Kurdish cantons have declared their own federal autonomous region (Rojava) in northern Syria, governed under the principles of poly-ethnicity, gender equality, democratic confederalism and environment sustainability. Rojava is the birthplace of the SDF, which looks beyond the war to implementing a federalist democratic system across all of Syria once the fighting ends.
It is far beyond time we stopped pandering to the demands of an increasingly fascist dictatorship in Turkey and began giving our full, unbridled support to one of the only groups who strive to embody the values of freedom, tolerance, and democracy that we ostensibly started the war on terror to promote in the first place. The United States can back the multi-ethnic SDF and rest assured that upon liberation, there will be no sectarian reprisal killings as we have seen from Shia militias in Ramadi or the recent massacre of Alawites by Ahrar-al Sham in Syria’s al-Zahraa.
And, as usual, there is nothing to be heard of from the American right-wing, who are apparently such enormous hypocrites that they can’t even give grudging support for when the President does something they’ve been piteously moaning about for the past sixteen months. Perhaps they’re too distracted by the insurgency of Donald Trump in their own ranks, watching in horror as their nominee casually discards a platform cultivated over the past eight years like a child tossing aside a book whose words are far too complex for his understanding.
While the war is far from over, this is an extremely important operation that could drastically shift the course of the conflict – and the future of Syria – for years. We wish our brave Special Forces men and the valiant warriors of the SDF good luck – and good hunting.
Biji Rojava!



This is wonderful news!
 
It's a YPG (Syrian Kurd) piece, but I read last night in the western press the frontlines are pinching as close to18 miles from Raqqa.

Credit to the Kurds, and the Iranians, and the Shi'a militias -and Hezbollah further west..
The US Special forces aren't that involved there as the are in Iraq, but they surely deserve some credit too.

The USAF has been in the lead, with the Russian more supporting Assad's regime (not to say the Russians haven't contributed either)
 
.....the Pentagon has forged ahead with a different alliance, with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which is seen as a rival or worse by many Arab rebel groups. The YPG is responsible for almost all of the territorial gains made so far against the Islamic State in Syria, and its close coordination with the U.S. military is a source of deep resentment among other Syrian rebels. An effort to rebrand the YPG as a coalition with Arab rebels called the Syrian Democratic Forces has brought only a small number of Arabs into the force so far.

As the United States accelerates plans to advance deeper into the Islamic State’s Arab strongholds, including a U.S.-backed push by a mostly Kurdish force toward the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa, the need for an Arab force that can win the loyalties of those who are living under militant control is growing more urgent, said Bassam Barabandi, a Syrian diplomat from the Deir al-Zour area who defected and lives in Washington.

This is not a Kurdish fight, it’s an Arab fight — and most of the Arab Sunnis want to be part of this fight,” he said. “The only vehicle that exists is the New Syrian Army, and I have heard from many people that they want to be part of this army.”
The New Syrian Army has the potential to win support, he said, because its members are drawn from Deir al-Zour, a strategically vital province that borders Iraq and contains most of Syria’s oil. Most recruits are from the remnants of a Free Syrian Army unit called the Authenticity and Development Front, which already was known in the province before it was defeated by the Islamic State during its sweep through Syria and Iraq in 2014.
“At the moment, the New Syrian Army is very small, but it would be very easy to empower it and create numbers,” he said........

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...table-main_newsyrianarmy-210pm:homepage/story

The last remaining Pentagon-trained rebel group in Syria is now in jeopardy
 
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He will just point out Clinton's total failure in Libya.
which is finally permeating the body politic 5 years later

Good. The US has no business being in Syria.
how about as a counter-terrorism op? Not the usual regime change/nation building..but "whack a mole" instead.
I'd much rather se the current strategy work ( buy in by the locals)but hey if we could whack them then leave..it's at least doable
 
which is finally permeating the body politic 5 years later


how about as a counter-terrorism op? Not the usual regime change/nation building..but "whack a mole" instead.
I'd much rather se the current strategy work ( buy in by the locals)but hey if we could whack them then leave..it's at least doable
You paying for it?
 
You are delusional
aw c'mon..I thought the Trump line was funny..

to be serious that would be a last resort (doubtful it would be needed) - and it would be in and out, like Iraq was done in a couple weeks
No hanging around trying for regime change.
 
aw c'mon..I thought the Trump line was funny..

to be serious that would be a last resort (doubtful it would be needed) - and it would be in and out, like Iraq was done in a couple weeks
No hanging around trying for regime change.
You are really delusional if you think it could be a quick in and out to complete the task.
 
You are really delusional if you think it could be a quick in and out to complete the task.
how long did it take to kill the Iraqi army?
The problem with ISIS is they are also in cities -and there you would need locals. But locals are already doing the job.

anyways..I seriously doubt it will ever come to that.
What we are doing now is finally paying off with the Kurds, Quds, Shiite militias, Iranian regulars, Badr brigades(sic)..
We need more Sunni arab buy in, but it's understandable they don't wanna get burned again.

But if they stall then what? There needs to be a contingency to go in heavy very quickly, and then get out just as fast.
That's about the only scenario we would use. no worries .I'm sure it's all gamed out though.
 
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