Posted on 12/09/2016 5:07:08 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
He tweeted that he fired six shots at the enemy.
Now he’s facing incoming.
But they aren’t bullets. Fellow journalists are slamming the correspondent, Jason Buttrill, for picking up a gun. They say journalists are not supposed to be combatants.
In another tweet, Buttrill, who once was an active duty Marine, said he got six shots off. “ISIS looked like ants on that scope, but . . . my USMC PMI (primary marksmanship instructor) was exceptional,”
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From comments.
James Gaines · Attorney at Attorney at Law
He’s not doing anything more than Brian Williams.
Aaron King · George Mason University
Um, Brian Williams didn’t shoot at anyone.
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Steve Langstroth
Aaron King Yes, he did. He shot down 72 Japanese planes attacking Pearl Harbor. Don’t believe me? Go ask Brian Williams, yourself! LOL!!!
why the “islamic radicals” in the headline star telegram? Islamic=radicals.
SCREW THE CRITICS....
LOL!
Yep,a bullet in a Jihadist is always a good thing.Doesn’t matter who delivers it.
.... They say journalists are not supposed to be combatants....
A lie. They are toward President Elect, Donald Trump.
Anyone who takes shots at Musloids is ok in my book.
Jus’ sayin.
I don’t get it. If a journalist did a feature on McDonalds and actually made some hamburgers or french fries, he wouldn’t be raked over the coals (or dragged through the fryer). Why is it different if he tries to take out a few jihadis?
How is he to keep his marksmanship at high standards unless he does some target practice?
They would slice his throat if he was captured. What’s the big deal?
Get some.....
Not sure what the deal is since ISIS is enemy of journalists, cutting their heads off.
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