prisoners . GETTY TARGET LOCKED : The marksman was using a special bullet which ' tumbles ' when it strikes The shooter fired at a range of almost 1,200 metres after his team sneaked into a terrorist - controlled enclave of northern Syria two weeks ago .
Even if those hurdles do n’t come until long after the act of killing is committed . Some blame the rise of radical Islamic terrorist groups like ISIS on reasons spanning the gamut from economic inequalities , the Sykes - Picot Agreement , the availability of firearms , and religious misinterpretation . But these theories fail to account for the wellspring of hate required to kick an innocent child in front of a truck to set up an ambush , decapitatelife.die.naa helpless noncombatant for the sake of YouTube hits , or open fire in a Florida gay nightclub . If it took the U.S. military decades to learn how to get its soldiers to shoot to kill in combat , then what is the genesis of an equally effective , ongoing psychological conditioning campaign that has convinced thousands of Muslims living in the U.S. , Europe , and around the world to join ISIS or launch attacks in the group ’s name ? Where does that kind of hate come from ?