Kobane and Rojava mean logistical isolation, humanitarian crisis and the risk of chaos. Not neutrality, but a clear choice: to stand with civilians under siege. Kobane is not a slogan to wave around: it is a real city, with real people, paying with their own skin for decisions taken elsewhere. And when, in a city under pressure, essential services, water, electricity, communications and supplies are reduced or interrupted, we are not talking about mere “disruption”: we are talking about civilians turned into leverage. That is where our choice lies: not the kind of neutrality that stages itself but the side of civilians. Why this piece takes a side (but is…