[RedStateRocker]

I think most snipers would take out an enemy leader if given the chance. REMF’s, however, are often far more skilled at saving their skin than anything else. In Iraq I'm pretty sure we would have been quite happy to have blown up a building that Saddam was in. In actual tactical terms taking out an enemy general might be of more use to the boots on the ground.

[marron]

In Iraq I'm pretty sure we would have been quite happy to have blown up a building that Saddam was in.

The opened the war with an airstrike on the building they thought he was in. In fact, the war started slightly ahead of schedule because they thought they knew right where he was and tried to take him out.

[odawg]

” Given Kyle’s tremendous skill, why was he not deployed in missions to assassinate enemy leaders, rather than combatant targets on the ground?”

That is a question that should be addressed to Kyle’s superiors and not one that is used in an attempt to slander Kyle.