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There might be no greater example of the difference in battlefield strategy between our side and the Islamic State than a story I’ve just read.<\/p>\n

A Canadian special forces soldier fired a high-powered rifle shot at an ISIS fighter and killed him — from a distance of two miles!<\/em> The kill shot reportedly set some form of record for long-distance sniper fire.<\/p>\n

The 3,450-meter shot took 10 seconds<\/em> to hit its target after being fired from the weapon. The soldier was perched atop a high-rise structure when the incident occurred over the past 30 days.<\/p>\n

Wow, man!<\/em><\/p>\n

I love this quote from a Task Force 2 spokesman:\u00a0\u201cInstead of dropping a bomb that could potentially kill civilians in the area, it is a very precise application of force and because it was so far way, the bad guys didn\u2019t have a clue what was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Therein lies the difference between the good guys and the bad guys. ISIS, al-Qaeda, Taliban and other terrorist organizations target civilians. They intend<\/em> to inflict mass casualties on so-called “soft targets.” The approach taken by U.S. and allied forces in return is to seek to minimize such collateral damage.<\/p>\n

In the case of this Canadian sniper, well, he did his job with extreme precision — not to mention extreme prejudice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Read the USA Today story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the newspaper:\u00a0\u201cCanada has a world-class sniper system,\u201d the source told the paper. \u201cIt is not just a sniper. They work in pairs. \u2026 This is a skill set that only a very few people have.\u201d
\nThey also have to account for wind speed and the increasing downward motion of the bullet as it loses speed over such a long distance.<\/p>\n

Count me as one who is glad to know these guys are on our<\/em> side in this fight.<\/p>\n\n

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