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Top US general says he's 'fearful' ISIS will seize Syrian border town of Kobane
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Posted on 10/08/2014 12:00:36 AM PDT by traumer

America's top military general said Tuesday that he is worried the ISIS terror army will soon seize the town of Kobane, a strategically critical Syrian site less than a mile from Turkey. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who chairs the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, said 'I am fearful that Kobane will fall.' Forces fighting for the self-declared Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham have pressed their way 'into the city itself,' he told ABC News. 'It may be about to fall.' And Dempsey said he has 'no doubt' that ISIS will inflict 'horrific atrocities' on any civilians still in the town 'if they have the opportunity to do so.'

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1 posted on 10/08/2014 12:00:36 AM PDT by traumer
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2 posted on 10/08/2014 12:07:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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I hope Turkey gets what’s coming to it.


3 posted on 10/08/2014 1:08:55 AM PDT by Dallas59
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4 posted on 10/08/2014 1:17:15 AM PDT by Dallas59
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Not to worry, we have “Smart Policy”.


5 posted on 10/08/2014 1:58:52 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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Yeah...and “leading from behind”


6 posted on 10/08/2014 4:38:46 AM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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Obama shares that fear so much he’s doubled his DNC fundraising appearances.


7 posted on 10/08/2014 4:46:38 AM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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Our top US generals should be fearless not fearful.


8 posted on 10/08/2014 5:37:19 AM PDT by KingLudd
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I hope Turkey gets what's coming to it.

Turkey's in NATO. Turkey does not want a powerful Kurdish minority looking for independence to join Iraq's Kurds. US policy is supporting Kurds.

Won't it be fun when by treaty US military might is used on Turkey's side to fight against ISIS, which was funded, trained, and armed by the US? And we're still working for Assad's downfall!

9 posted on 10/08/2014 5:41:21 AM PDT by grania
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America’s top military general said Tuesday that he is worried the ISIS terror army will soon seize the town of Kobane

Okay. And?? Gotta ask. So what? Who cares? We already spent over 10 years there wasting lives by NOT FIGHTING A WAR, so now we should go back in with troops and NOT FIGHT A WAR again?
NO................


10 posted on 10/08/2014 5:48:58 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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Fearful and tearful....


11 posted on 10/08/2014 8:25:08 AM PDT by traumer
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Just a bunch of Christian and Kurdish children who will be beheaded and their heads placed on pikes in a park. These demons lust for our blood and that of OUR children.

Oh, and 10 ISIS terrorists were apprehended at the southern border recently.


12 posted on 10/08/2014 10:07:27 AM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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Dempsey said he has ‘no doubt’ that ISIS will inflict ‘horrific atrocities’ on any civilians still in the town. (They are standing by patiently for this policy goal to be achieved.)

(Turkey’s) “got forces on their side of the border that will prevent ISIL from making any incursions into Turkey” (except for medical treatment, ammo resupply, shopping or entertainment)


13 posted on 10/08/2014 12:16:48 PM PDT by BeauBo
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