Snipers are a highly-trained group of soldiers in the military, especially those in the Special Air Service. In December 2015, one of these SAS snipers took out a bomb-making facility in Iraq using three bullets and killed five enemy fighters.
Incredible Shot
The SAS sniper was set up about 800 meters from the factory. He saw a group outside the factory wearing clothing that was way too warm and bulky for the season, a clear indication that they were likely wearing suicide vests.
His observation skills paid off. The sniper had been with the SAS for 10 years and masterfully hit the first man in the chest, triggering the vest's detonation. Three fighters were killed in the blast.
The two remaining men tried to run into the factory for cover, but the sniper shot one in the head, while hitting the other in the vest, which of course, set it off.
"Classic" Mission
A British Army source spoke to the Express regarding the mission. The source said, "This was a classic SAS mission."
“About three weeks (before), the intelligence guys got information that a bomb factory had been set up in a nearby village. With just three well-aimed shots, that single team has probably saved the lives of hundreds of innocent people. The unit was sent in to see if they could identify the house and the bombers.”
A sniper was used for the mission due to concerns about too much collateral damage in the area. The British source said, "There were too many civilian homes nearby, and children were often around, so an airstrike was out of the question."
The source said, "Instead, the SAS commander in Iraq decided to use a sniper team, and the operation was a complete success.” Snipers are vital pieces of the battlefield because they can be stealthy and often do as much work without unnecessary deaths or damage.
In August 2015, a different British sniper was said to have saved a father and his 8-year-old son from execution. He struck an ISIS terrorist just before the two were beheaded.
Watch the video below to learn more about the SAS:
I believe there are mandated ethics and qualifications that every person who serves the United States of America must be sworn to abide with before being elected or accepting office. I believe that any person accepting office must be accountable for demeaning or violating the honor or conditions of appointment must be removed from office.
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George I agree totally. What I have an issue with is there seems (by design I will add) that there is no workable vetting process for voters to vett those bozos before voting for them. We hear one thing, then when they are in office, the picture changes and suddenly we find our country in peril. Indicative that the candidate was only wanting the position in which to enrich themselves. Government has most always been an entity unto themselves and not for the ones that elected them. I strongly believe that a Convention of States - via, Article V that allows for such an event. We The People need to force our government to make major changes.
An art 5 is out of the question while the democrat communists are in the majority, they would shred the Constitution into useless paper.
They could well do so if they were willing to disregard the people finally getting so angered that they dusted off the Declaration and took it to heart with a vengeance and decided to water the Tree of Liberty. We may well be close to such a time.
As you likely know, Congress has no say over the States if they call for an Article V convention. While there're certainly some dangers to such a convention, it'd not be as some claim, a Constitutional Convention.
Besides, what's left of the ORIGINAL meaning of our Constitution? Which of the first Ten Amendments is still intact save the Third - so far? What's intact of Article 1, Section 8, the ENUMERATED POWERS? Haven't the courts, administrations, and Congress shredded it by misusing the Preamble, the Proper and Necessary, the Commerce, and the Sovereignty Clauses?
Still, we must find some way to get the seditionist socialist Democrats out of power. Will it take an uprising to restore America to a constitutional Republic?
The current process for vetting candidates for the presidency lies with the head of each party; the Speaker of the House and the Minority House leader. Whether or not it's a workable process I must agree with you. Should there be publicly seen vetting before our primaries, perhaps using committees of each party?
Anyway, for the last couple of elections for the Democrats it was Rep. Pelosi and for the Republicans it was Rep. McCarthy.
Can an Article V Convention set up a better process through a new amendment? I don't know. But I do believe we need such a convention to as Jefferson said, bind the federal government (behemoth) with the chains (very heavy) of the Constitution once again before we need to dust off the Declaration to restore the Constitution to its rightful place..
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