US Syria Airstrikes 'Ineffective' Against ISIS

INN ^ | 9/27/2014, 9:41 PM | Ari Soffer

[Olog-hai]

US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State terrorist group (IS or ISIS) in Syria continue Saturday night, but are failing to slow the jihadis’ advance on the Kurdish border town of Kobane. […]

But though US airstrikes—which President Barack Obama pledged would “degrade and destroy” ISIS—have extended from Iraq to Syria to aid the defense of Kobane, local sources say the strikes have been largely ineffective.

“They struck empty buildings,” YPG’s chief of defense for Kobane, Ismat Sheikh Hassan, told The Independent. “ISIS fighters used to be there, but they left; so they haven’t helped us. If anything, they are now fighting harder to push forward before there are more strikes.” …

[SisterK]

Bingo. The air strikes are ineffective because the muslim in chief has no intent to take out isis. His aim is to take out the Syrian infrastructure.
And the Pentagon is cooperating.

[trebb]

And why are they striking empty buildings? Obama is likely terrified that he will hit civilians; his base routed Bush by loudly decrying every civilian hit. If Obama starts killing human shields his base is gone from him forever.

Also hoping that his cuts to the military will result in depletion of missiles and such...