The Slow March To War

++The so-called war against ISIS seems it will take up the last two years of the Obama Administration.

++John Kerry says that the air campaign is just getting started and that people should expect to be frustrated at its progress.

++For the past few weeks,attention has been centered on the ISIS siege and partial capture of Kobane which has been bravely defended by the Syrian Kurds. What has bothered both the Kurds and an irritated  United States is that the Turkish military has been watching from the border and not responding. The Washington Post tut-tutted that the United States blaming Turkey is no excuse for a lack of action by the United States. Meanwhile the US has flown dozens of sorties to bolster the defenders .The Irony is that we are spending billions of dollars to blow up our own equipment.

++Turkey is arguing a buffer zone has to be created in Syria near their border and a no-fly zone established over Syria.

++In Iraq,a report I received this week says that Iraqi soldiers must be given arms when they arrive at the conflict zone because there is fear they will sell them on the black market to the militias.

++In Sunni areas, governors have now gone public requesting American troops because they do not believe Iraqi forces can defend their territory.

++This past week also saw ISIS occupy small towns on the outskirts of Baghdad near the International Airport.