Låt det inte bli för sent en gång till

De USA-ledda flyangreppen var inte är nog för att stoppa jihadisternas framfart – och grymheter. Nu gäller det att ingripa kraftfullt, innan det blir för sent, en gång till.

A protester holds a placard as he marches in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014, during a demonstration seeking to draw attention to the Islamic State's onslaught against the Kurdish town of Kobani in northern Syria. As it prods Turkey to step up in the global fight against Islamic State militants, the United States is at the same time worried that military action by Ankara may also target Kurdish fighters who are the last line of defense on the ground between the extremists and the Syrian border town of Kobani. In a careful-what-you-wish-for scenario, U.S. officials acknowledge that Turkey could use the war on Islamic militants to simultaneously go after the Peopleís Protection Group, a Kurdish fighting force. Known as the YPG, the fighters are linked to the Kurdistan Workerís Party, or PKK _ a Kurdish separatist guerrilla movement that is fiercely opposed by the Turks, and that Ankara and Washington have designated a terrorist organization.(AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) / TT / kod 4

A protester holds a placard as he marches in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014, during a demonstration seeking to draw attention to the Islamic State's onslaught against the Kurdish town of Kobani in northern Syria. As it prods Turkey to step up in the global fight against Islamic State militants, the United States is at the same time worried that military action by Ankara may also target Kurdish fighters who are the last line of defense on the ground between the extremists and the Syrian border town of Kobani. In a careful-what-you-wish-for scenario, U.S. officials acknowledge that Turkey could use the war on Islamic militants to simultaneously go after the Peopleís Protection Group, a Kurdish fighting force. Known as the YPG, the fighters are linked to the Kurdistan Workerís Party, or PKK _ a Kurdish separatist guerrilla movement that is fiercely opposed by the Turks, and that Ankara and Washington have designated a terrorist organization.(AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) / TT / kod 4

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Politik2014-10-10 05:25
Detta är en ledare. Norran är partipolitiskt obunden med beteckningen frisinnad.

För inte så länge sedan erkände president Barack Obama i ett tv-tal att USA hade underskattat och missbedömt hotet från Islamiska staten (IS) i Syrien och i Irak.

Nu är IS på god väg att inta den huvudsakligen kurdiska staden Kobane i norra Syrien, nära gränsen till Turkiet.

Kurderna ropar på hjälp och runt om i världen demonstrerar de. Bland annat trängde demonstranter på tisdagen sig in i EU-parlamentet i Bryssel efter att ha samlats utanför byggnaden.

Det har med all önskvärd tydlighet visat sig att de USA-ledda flyangreppen inte är nog för att stoppa jihadisternas framfart – och grymheter.

Att Obama initialt underskattade och missbedömde hotet från IS må vara sin sak, även en president kan göra misstag, men att han och Nato fortsätter att göra det är märkligt. Nu gäller det att ingripa kraftfullt, innan det blir för sent, en gång till.

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A protester holds a placard as he marches in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014, during a demonstration seeking to draw attention to the Islamic State's onslaught against the Kurdish town of Kobani in northern Syria. As it prods Turkey to step up in the global fight against Islamic State militants, the United States is at the same time worried that military action by Ankara may also target Kurdish fighters who are the last line of defense on the ground between the extremists and the Syrian border town of Kobani. In a careful-what-you-wish-for scenario, U.S. officials acknowledge that Turkey could use the war on Islamic militants to simultaneously go after the Peopleís Protection Group, a Kurdish fighting force. Known as the YPG, the fighters are linked to the Kurdistan Workerís Party, or PKK _ a Kurdish separatist guerrilla movement that is fiercely opposed by the Turks, and that Ankara and Washington have designated a terrorist organization.(AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) / TT / kod 4