Canadian Sniper quits army

[Bozono]

Considering the Afghani was forced to fight a war he had no interest in fighting; the last thing I care to see is him get mutilated for his efforts.
Newfie is crazy, simple as that.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: K1052
It is all too easy to sit on the high horse here, but who can say with certainty how they would react under such circumstances.

I do hope you are correct though.

I'll agree with you there. But the important thing here is not only what he did in that situation, but his lack of remorse after the fact.

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: yllus
Sometimes I'm really disgusted by my country. Many in the Canadian military apparently shunned this guy after he worked with Americans in Afghanistan for 'getting close' with them. He's right - f%!k terrorism.

Nice to see you're 100% A-OK with throwing our civility out when our enemies do. My culture (American) taught me to respect the dead, enemy or friend.

Excuse me?

#1 Where did he throw away his "civility"?
He said he was disgusted by the way the military in Canda apparently shunned the Canadian soldier that worked with the americans for getting close to american soldiers...
I don't see how you managed to get out of that, that he advocated throwing out our civility......
#2 American culture to respect the dead? Some american soldiers didn't even respect them when their alive dude not to mention when their dead.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: yllus
Sometimes I'm really disgusted by my country. Many in the Canadian military apparently shunned this guy after he worked with Americans in Afghanistan for 'getting close' with them. He's right - f%!k terrorism.

Nice to see you're 100% A-OK with throwing our civility out when our enemies do. My culture (American) taught me to respect the dead, enemy or friend.

Excuse me?

#1 Where did he throw away his "civility"?
He said he was disgusted by the way the military in Canda apparently shunned the Canadian soldier that worked with the americans for getting close to american soldiers...
I don't see how you managed to get out of that, that he advocated throwing out our civility......
#2 American culture to respect the dead? Some american soldiers didn't even respect them when their alive dude not to mention when their dead.

#1 Uh, pay attention to the very beggining of the article.

#2 Read the whole thread before responding to my first post. The depravity of any number of my countrymen does not excuse me of mine.

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: rh71
how much manual adjusting do you have to do with a sniper rifle like that at over 1.5 miles away ? I can't imagine it's simply point and shoot if he's the only one to do it.

Did he aim higher and accounted for wind, etc. ?

Yeah, you could say that.

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: NuroMancer

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: yllus
Sometimes I'm really disgusted by my country. Many in the Canadian military apparently shunned this guy after he worked with Americans in Afghanistan for 'getting close' with them. He's right - f%!k terrorism.

Nice to see you're 100% A-OK with throwing our civility out when our enemies do. My culture (American) taught me to respect the dead, enemy or friend.

Excuse me?

#1 Where did he throw away his "civility"?
He said he was disgusted by the way the military in Canda apparently shunned the Canadian soldier that worked with the americans for getting close to american soldiers...
I don't see how you managed to get out of that, that he advocated throwing out our civility......
#2 American culture to respect the dead? Some american soldiers didn't even respect them when their alive dude not to mention when their dead.

#1 Uh, pay attention to the very beggining of the article.

#2 Read the whole thread before responding to my first post. The depravity of any number of my countrymen does not excuse me of mine.

#1 you responded to another anandtecher forum poster saying "Nice to see you're 100% A-OK with throwing our civility out when our enemies do"

So what does that have to do with the beggining of the article?

#2 I was typing my reply and getting coffee before you posted the Edit.

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Hey man - nice shot

What a good shot, man...

 

[Hammer]

he saved american lives and fought with us. weshould give this guy US citizenship and let him join our military.

 

[NuroMancer]

Just otta curiousity, can you convert a 16X scope into how many meters it zooms? And if so how many meters.

 

[knyghtbyte]

i want one.....(the rifle, not the rifler...lol)

 

[hypn0tik]

Wall h@x?

 

[DaShen]

"Join the army, they said; see the world, they said."

He definitely has a place in the U.S. Army. Since he is going rogue mercenary, maybe Al-Quaeda will try to hire him. j/k

 

[youppi]

he'd be an awesome hitman lol

 

[squirrel dog]

He REALLY should switch to decafe .

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Hammer
he saved american lives and fought with us. weshould give this guy US citizenship and let him join our military.

I'm all for that.

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: rh71
how much manual adjusting do you have to do with a sniper rifle like that at over 1.5 miles away ? I can't imagine it's simply point and shoot if he's the only one to do it.

Did he aim higher and accounted for wind, etc. ?

I think he was using aimbot.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Hammer
he saved american lives and fought with us. weshould give this guy US citizenship and let him join our military.

I'm all for that.

There is no rule that excludes foriegn origin from being in our activer duty Military service.
We do in fact have many foriegn nationals active in the Military today.

However this lack of concern for the well being of the living, coupled with his lack of respect for the dead
makes me think he would be the perfect Georgia State Trooper - let the bodies hit the road.

 

[bignateyk]

wow... thats one well-tuned rifle to be accurate to 1.5 miles. Even if he adjusted for wind and everything, if the scope was slightly missaligned (like fractions of a millimeter), it would be off by several feet from that distance.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
wow... thats one well-tuned rifle to be accurate to 1.5 miles. Even if he adjusted for wind and everything, if the scope was slightly missaligned (like fractions of a millimeter), it would be off by several feet from that distance.

I think when it comes down to it, there still is a huge luck factor. He'd probably only be able to hit that again given the exact same conditions maybe 1 in 10 times.

 

[desy]

A little cold, for me the defication went a little too far. . . .
But a sniper is chosen on certain 'skills' and being bothered by planting one in a chest cavity a long way off isn't one of them, so I can see him a little low on the compassion dept.
Hopefully he finds a home in a credible military like the US I'd hat to see what a sh1t disturber like that would do without a command structure.

 

[Rogue]

I worked with an Army sniper once. He told me that there really is little to no remorse involved with the job. He described it more or less as a video game. He's never close enough to hear the screaming or the last breath of the person, so he's pretty far removed from the whole thing actually. He said you pull the trigger, you might see some blood, while you're looking to confirm the kill, but other than that, it's clean and simple.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer
#1 you responded to another anandtecher forum poster saying "Nice to see you're 100% A-OK with throwing our civility out when our enemies do"

So what does that have to do with the beggining of the article?

Um... from the article:

The second was public and ugly. Perry, 33, and a 13-year veteran, was accused of discreditable conduct after he allegedly cut the finger off an al-Qaida corpse, defecated on another and then had his picture taken with a corpse that had a lit cigarette hanging from his lips and a sign around his neck reading "F**k Terrorism."

 

[Rudee]

Actually, credit the spotter who works alongside the sniper. It's the spotters job to identify the target and give the fire calculations to the trigger man.

 

[HumblePie]

Originally posted by: Rudee
Actually, credit the spotter who works alongside the sniper. It's the spotters job to identify the target and give the fire calculations to the trigger man.

Yep.. the sniper just has to adjust for his own breathing motion and squeeze the trigger. The spotter gives all the other directions.

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: Rogue
I worked with an Army sniper once. He told me that there really is little to no remorse involved with the job. He described it more or less as a video game. He's never close enough to hear the screaming or the last breath of the person, so he's pretty far removed from the whole thing actually. He said you pull the trigger, you might see some blood, while you're looking to confirm the kill, but other than that, it's clean and simple.

actually, many snipers have emotional trouble after the fact. they say if you're watching the target for a while, you get to have a very personal relationship with him and you can feel guilty for having a god-like power over when they live and die. one story i read about a sniper said he let his target finish a meal before he killed him.