[poetbdk]

A stinging rebuke by author Ben D. Kennedy to all of the haters criticizing American Sniper Chris Kyle and other snipers in the military

[WayneS]

Hitler did not hate snipers, per se.

Hitler hated people whom he could not control.

[left that other site]

Snipers perform the “surgical strikes” so beloved of pacifists.

The alternative is “Kill ‘em all and let allah sort ‘em out”.

Would they prefer carpet bombing with napalm?

[miss marmelstein]

In medieval England, snipers were called “Men of Keen Sight.” They were the ones who identified Henry VII at Bosworth for Richard the Third.

My mother’s first husband was killed by a sniper in WWII. She has never, ever spoken out against snipers. But then she’s a mature woman of 90 who understands the nature of war.

[miss marmelstein]

St. Joan is my favorite saint. A brilliant warrior, a woman touched by God who died with the word “Jesus” on her lips. Who can forget the poor English soldier who screamed “We have burned a saint!” and had to be taken to a tavern to calm his nerves.

[Hugin]

I don't remember the left getting incensed over the sniper in Saving Private Ryan.

[x]

Most wrong-headed article in quite a while. Hitler may have hated snipers when he was in the trenches (as other soldiers did), but his army certainly made use of them. Total war means making use of whatever tactics commanders think will win (or hurt the other side).

Was William Tell really a sniper? Hitler is supposed to have exclaimed in 1942: "Why did Schiller have to immortalize that Swiss sniper!" But his plans for last ditch resistance in 1945 included heavy reliance on snipers. He certainly didn't have a principled opposition to that tactic or any other that served his purpose.

[IChing]

ping

[Daffynition]

[God Bless you Jim]