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A friend of mine did 3 tours as a LARP sniper with the Corp in Nam. He had bounties on his head from the Viet Cong, the ChiComs and the Russians. He never talks about his actions and accomplishments. The three bounties say all that is needed be said. The enemies knew how effective he was.

Another great warrior who deserves more recognition than will ever happen. What a strange sort of prejudice the military has toward these men. Somehow it's legit to designate the targets they are given, but not acknowledge the great significance of their achievements.

I believe only those who have fought the enemy on the ground - and seen them - appreciate these men.

"Somehow it's legit to designate the targets they are given, but not acknowledge the great significance of their achievements.

It doesn't help when the headlines call them "Murder Inc.".

Hathcock will never get the CMH because he made it look too easy. Hold off an entire company of the enemy with just a another soldier to spot for him?!? Child's play. Crawl to an enemy compound and kill a enemy General surrounded by his army?!? Child's play. Hunt down a sniper who was sent out specifically to kill you?!? Child's play. Yeah, there's nothing to this trigger pulling stuff. < sarcasm to the highest extreme. >

You posted, "What a strange sort of prejudice the military has toward these men. Somehow it's legit to designate the targets they are given, but not acknowledge the great significance of their achievements.

The history and effectiveness of American Snipers goes back to the French and Indian War to the Rev. War, the War of 1812 to the present.

The cost effectiveness and strategic effectiveness of the sniper is what scares many of the multi starred brass of the Army and Marine Corp and now the Navy with snipers in the Seal ranks.

They kill the enemy in the most cost effective manner. Also, by targeting enemy officers and lead NCO's, they devastate the enemies command structure. Our guys in combat continue to fight when their commanders get taken out in combat. Often our enemies will surrender in mass when their tyranical commanders get taken out or they retreat in mass.

Our new space age snipers will be the remote controlled UMV's with the ability to spot the enemy leaders and take them out with rockets fired hundreds or thousands of miles away. They, too, after this war on terrorism will become despised by the brass and those who depend on strong enemies being alive to make their living.

If the Jag Off lawyer had not prevent the taking out of Omar in the early days of the Afghanistan war, the war in Afghanistan would have been over even faster.

The Islamic thugs who are in command present tremendous targets of opportunity. In Iran if the top 100 Mullahs and top 100 Iran military were taken out by Predator UMV's and snipers. That would be it for the Islamic thugs in control. The war would be over before it started. If that happened, even Saddam might just surrender.