SURPRISE! AIR STRIKES ON ISLAMIC STATE ARE NOT WORKING

Members of The Marsten House were at the least naive when they authorised air strikes against Islamic State.

Here is what the Kurds are saying:

“Air strikes alone are really not enough to defeat Isis in Kobani,” said Idris Nassan, a senior spokesman for the Kurdish fighters desperately trying to defend the important strategic redoubt from the advancing militants. “They are besieging the city on three sides, and fighter jets simply cannot hit each and every Isis fighter on the ground.”

He said Isis had adapted its tactics to military strikes from the air. “Each time a jet approaches, they leave their open positions, they scatter and hide. What we really need is ground support. We need heavy weapons and ammunition in order to fend them off and defeat them.”

[source : Syrian Kurds say air strikes against Isis are not working, The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/05/air-strikes-isis-not-working-syrian-kurds, 6th October 2014]

So:
1. can the Kurds and whoever else is used can be trained to use the weapons, how long and how much will it take?
2. if this takes 'too long' (yet to be defined), then will British boots be on the ground?