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Marine sniper credited with longest confirmed kill in Iraq

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Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: Infohawk
Sounds like all you keyboard kommandos are salivating over this... Don't forget to give yourselves a pat on the back for doing a whole lot of nothing.
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As you whine about innocent civs getting killed with bombs, remember that this is the most accurate way to get the bad guys and only the bad guys. Short of walking up to them with a baseball bat that is.
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I am down with baseball bat if you have the balls to mess up someone with it.
By some hunting comments in here it's obvious the keyboard commandos think using a long range rifle to shoot a unaware target is brave or something to be proud of or something..... using a high powered rifle is nothing more then a effective terrorist tactic.
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Would rather the soldiers go in at close quarters and risk taking casaulties? this is probably the saftest way...if it can be put like that for a soldier to eliminate a target!
next you will be saying that bombing a target or using tanks is cowardly as well, this is war, you can't fight a war with name calling, no matter how f*cked up it is!
 
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
I am down with baseball bat if you have the balls to mess up someone with it.
By some hunting comments in here it's obvious the keyboard commandos think using a long range rifle to shoot a unaware target is brave or something to be proud of or something..... using a high powered rifle is nothing more then a effective terrorist tactic.
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Over the past few days, I've come to think that you are extremely misguided. However, this confirms it.
 
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: Infohawk
Sounds like all you keyboard kommandos are salivating over this... Don't forget to give yourselves a pat on the back for doing a whole lot of nothing.
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As you whine about innocent civs getting killed with bombs, remember that this is the most accurate way to get the bad guys and only the bad guys. Short of walking up to them with a baseball bat that is.
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I am down with baseball bat if you have the balls to mess up someone with it.
By some hunting comments in here it's obvious the keyboard commandos think using a long range rifle to shoot a unaware target is brave or something to be proud of or something..... using a high powered rifle is nothing more then a effective terrorist tactic.
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Using a high powered rifle is cowardly but using an indirect fire weapon, which by its very nature nearly always requires the target to be out of sight, is somehow brave in your book? Stupid AND illogical. :wine::thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: Infohawk
Sounds like all you keyboard kommandos are salivating over this... Don't forget to give yourselves a pat on the back for doing a whole lot of nothing.
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Please notice the one on top My heavily modded 110FP Savage .308 sniper rifle.
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Trying to compensate for something?
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Yes😉

Truthfully, though, I grew up in the Dakotas, everyone had guns, it's sort of strange to me that some people don't own them. Sort of like saying you don't own a hammer or screwdrivers. I have a concealed weapons permit too... But that's just me I guess.

(I have more screwdrivers than guns, guess I need to post a pic of them too😀 )
 
I wish i could have a gun..sniff, but it's illegal to own fire arms in australia, with out a special permit, say for pest control(foxes,kangaroos,greenies etc)or something related to that, you can't have one for home protection, according to our laws, you aren't even allowed to defend your propety if an intruder breaks in and attacks you!
 
I did my time in the military, I'm to old to be there now, except as a Private Contractor, which I have wanted to do, but my wife has been begging me not to go. I'm missing out on all the killing
 
Originally posted by: Geardo
I did my time in the military, I'm to old to be there now, except as a Private Contractor, which I have wanted to do, but my wife has been begging me not to go. I'm missing out on all the killing
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You would have made for a great Target!
 
Originally posted by: Geardo
I'm missing out on all the killing
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:|

How sick a brain does one need to have be sad of not being able to murder (without legal repercussion)? Perhaps you should go kill a few rats before your urge to kill humans gets to strong and breaks out in an amok run.
 
He sees the bad guy, he shoots the bad guy and no innocents die. I think it was a good day for all involved. We save a life, and a bad guy goes to see Allah and gets his virgins.

BTW, some members on these forums that have either been in the Gulf War, Vietnam, or on either an Afghan or OIF rotation (me included). I'm going back very soon, and hope that this same Marine is around if I need him. I don't have the luxury of a sniper rifle. Just my trusty M4 with scope and my M9, neither is worth anything at half of the distance that snipers can work at.

As far as labels??? Get over yourselves.....Call the newly christened bad guys what you want, but they are conquered and may either get over it and work within the new system, or die trying. It's their choice. The rules are written by the victor...always have, always will be.

 
Originally posted by: Sultan
Originally posted by: daniel1113
Originally posted by: bay
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the "insurgants" fighting against our troops are being labeled as terrorists?
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Yes.
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Yes
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They're labeled terrorists because of their tactics. If they were targeting the US troops and strategic economic and military targets then labeling them terrorists would be wrong. But they abduct innocents that are in thier country for no other reson than to help the poor. they kill their own people by the scores. this is consistient with the actions of terrorists. So whether you agree with it or not there is a reasonable arguement for why they are labelled as such.
 
These guys were lobbing mortar shells at our guys, I'm not going to lose any sleep over knowing they got dumped by a skilled marksman. There are worse ways to go, say getting your head slowly sliced off. Their tactics (perverse, cowardly, and largely spurred by religion) are starkly different from those used by our fore fathers. I realize that many of the founding fathers had rap sheets and were considered brigands by the British, but it was a political/military struggle devoid of the atrocities performed by these insurgents.

did my time in the military, I'm to old to be there now, except as a Private Contractor, which I have wanted to do, but my wife has been begging me not to go. I'm missing out on all the killing
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You sir, are an insult to your country. It's a pity you're not too old to operate a computer.
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
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Pussy should sneak up and knife the Iraqis from behind like a man. What's this coushy 1000+ yards crap.

Tap yer sarc meters boys.

I would like to see him take a 100,000,000,000 yard shot from the comfort of his living room with his family where he should be right now. Nice shot, now come home.
 
Originally posted by: umbrella39
Originally posted by: nick1985
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Pussy should sneak up and knife the Iraqis from behind like a man. What's this coushy 1000+ yards crap.
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better watch yours 😀

Snipers in Iraq and Afaganistan especially have had to do this in some of the worst conditions possible and have not gone unscaved themselves as many two man teams in afganistan are no more.

These guys are Heros and this one seems that he saved lives that day. Regarless of your views we need more of these proud Americans keeping you safe from harm.
 
Courtesy of OT:


A communication technician, drafted by the army, was at a firing range.

At the range, he was given some instruction, a rifle and 50 rounds.

He fired several shots at the target.

The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.

The technician looked at his weapon, and then at the target. He looked at the weapon again, and then at the target again.

He then put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand.

The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area:
"It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!"
 
I'd like to add that the 23rd Marine Regiment is a reserve unit, the amount of trigger time the sniper in the article gets in a training year is probably a third, or less, of the practice an active duty sniper would get. nice shootin.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
Courtesy of OT:


A communication technician, drafted by the army, was at a firing range.

At the range, he was given some instruction, a rifle and 50 rounds.

He fired several shots at the target.

The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.

The technician looked at his weapon, and then at the target. He looked at the weapon again, and then at the target again.

He then put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand.

The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area:
"It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!"
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ha!
perfect.

 
Originally posted by: conjur
Courtesy of OT:


A communication technician, drafted by the army, was at a firing range.

At the range, he was given some instruction, a rifle and 50 rounds.

He fired several shots at the target.

The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.

The technician looked at his weapon, and then at the target. He looked at the weapon again, and then at the target again.

He then put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand.

The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area:
"It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!"
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So,,,, were they able to sew your finger back on?

 
I was just saying the other day that we need to take over the rooftops in Baghdad and control all the movement of terrorists in that area. Maybe what we need is more snipers and observation posts with spotter scopes and infra red gear.
 
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