Kobane: The City that Just Can't Catch a Break

According to BBC, at the city of Kobane, Kurdish forces had pushed combatants from ISIS back, and they had even seen somewhat of a peace in the city for two day, but after that, fighting broke out again between the two forces. ISIS believes that the city is a strategic location for them. The United States has attempted to aid the Kurdish forces by providing air strikes near Kobane against the terrorists of ISIS. All this fighting has obviously come with a cost. Many of the civilians living in the city have been forced to evacuate to safer locations due to the intense fighting. Kobane was not the only city that had been attacked. ISIS had attacked multiple locations in northern Iraq in 15 near-simultaneous attacks. However, it is said that "ISIS [had] sustained many casualties..." Even though ISIS had faced many casualties, they still continue to shell Kobane and attack the city with great force. Kurdish forces still retain control approximately 70% of the city, but they are cut off from supplies due to ISIS surrounding the city. The Kurds may finally have found a way to aid their forces. Turkey has promised to help Kurdish forces cross the border into Syria to fight ISIS forces. The United States have also supplied weapons and equipment, such as anti-tank rounds and sniper rifles, to the Kurdish forces. I personally believe that the United States needs to be more involved in the fight against ISIS, even if that means supplying forces on the ground because we all know what happened when we did not destroy the Taliban as soon as possible.