Turkey killing Kurds protesting a lack of action against ISIL

Fox News:

Kurdish protesters in Turkey demanding a show of force against Islamic State instead felt their government’s heavy boot Tuesday, as rubber bullets and tear gas rained down and heavy trucks rolled in to major cities where people took to the streets to decry the fall of the Syrian border city of Kobani.

As many as 19 people were killed around the nation in clashes with police over the government’s unwillingness to aid Kurds trapped in Kobani, a Syrian city a stone’s throw from the border and under siege by Islamic State. The unrest, which continued on Wednesday, came as Turks marked a religious holiday normally reserved for family time and feasting.

Protesters outraged that Turkey was “letting Kobani fall” burned Turkish flags and statues of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic, gestures that are likely to infuriate nationalist Turks and the government.
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The Turks are not good allies in the war against ISIL.  If they continue to fail to move against the enemy then the US should give the Kurds heavy arms to defend themselves and eventually establish their own government.

Much of the Kurdish anger is because the Turks will not let Kurdish fighters join the fight in Kobani.  No reason is obvious for this refusal.