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This is the WSJ, so could disappear behind a paywall - was available when I post this.
The snipers enemy - is our enemy - ISIS
'Long Shot' Review: Triggering a Revolution
"Rojava is governed like a 1980s Berkeley dorm discussion whose participants have acquired automatic weapons. They are anarcho-leftist, environmentally conscious, secular, socialist and radically devoted to equality of the sexes. One manifestation of this last commitment is a coed guerrilla force, including male and female snipers (féministes fatales, if you will) who have been picking off the male jihadists of Islamic State with gusto for the past five years."
"An M-16, firing a slender 5.56mm round, drills tight holes in its victim, who feels little effect at first but bleeds out in minutes or dies from infection in days. A Barrett M82 takes a cartridge the size of a carrot and will just about carry off your whole leg. (For its immediate and decisive effect, Mr. Cudi says the Barrett is the "more honourable" weapon.) Keep your index finger pampered for fine sensitivity while pressing the trigger. "After a while, I learned to recognise other snipers by their whiter, cleaner, smoother forefingers." "
This is the WSJ, so could disappear behind a paywall - was available when I post this.
The snipers enemy - is our enemy - ISIS
'Long Shot' Review: Triggering a Revolution
"Rojava is governed like a 1980s Berkeley dorm discussion whose participants have acquired automatic weapons. They are anarcho-leftist, environmentally conscious, secular, socialist and radically devoted to equality of the sexes. One manifestation of this last commitment is a coed guerrilla force, including male and female snipers (féministes fatales, if you will) who have been picking off the male jihadists of Islamic State with gusto for the past five years."
"An M-16, firing a slender 5.56mm round, drills tight holes in its victim, who feels little effect at first but bleeds out in minutes or dies from infection in days. A Barrett M82 takes a cartridge the size of a carrot and will just about carry off your whole leg. (For its immediate and decisive effect, Mr. Cudi says the Barrett is the "more honourable" weapon.) Keep your index finger pampered for fine sensitivity while pressing the trigger. "After a while, I learned to recognise other snipers by their whiter, cleaner, smoother forefingers." "
