oped: Cowards Michael??? really now this from a lard ass draft dodger from the Viet Nam War era...let's see hummm Michael; was draft age 18-21 during the last three years of the Viet Nam conflict! Where was this brave soul who calls those who served cowards? Probably fighting the twinkie and battle of the bulge (Belly) wars down in Mommas basement while masturbating to porn!
For your information Michael the first known snipers were formed from Kentucky Riflemen during our American Revolution...we were outnumbered and outgunned by the British...had it not been for Kentucky Riflemen 'Snipers' we may have lost the war!
Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps had over 93 (360 unconfirmed) confirmed kills saving countless American lives from NVA and Viet Cong snipers...a coward he was not way braver than I ever was... one volunteer mission comes to mind as well as another almost impossible shot: One of Hathcock's most famous accomplishments was shooting an enemy sniper through the enemy's own rifle scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.[8][11][12][13] Hathcock and John Roland Burke, his spotter, were stalking the enemy sniper in the jungle near Hill 55, the firebase from which Hathcock was operating. The sniper, known only as the 'Cobra,' had already killed several Marines and was believed to have been sent specifically to kill Hathcock.[10] When Hathcock saw a flash of light (light reflecting off the enemy sniper's scope) in the bushes, he fired at it, shooting through the scope and killing the sniper. Surveying the situation, Hathcock concluded that the only feasible way he could have put the bullet straight down the enemy's scope and through his eye would have been if both snipers were zeroing in on each other at the same time and Hathcock fired first, which gave him only a few seconds to act.[10] Given the flight time of rounds at long ranges, the snipers could have simultaneously killed one another.[14] Hathcock took possession of the dead sniper's rifle, hoping to bring it home as a "trophy" but, after he turned it in and tagged it, it was stolen from the armory.[15]
A female Viet Cong sniper, platoon commander, and interrogator known as "Apache" because of her methods of torturing US Marines and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops and letting them bleed to death, was killed by Hathcock. This was a major morale victory as "Apache" was terrorizing the troops around Hill 55.[16]
So this is what you call cowards:
Hathcock only once removed the white feather from his bush hat while deployed in Vietnam.[17] During a volunteer mission days before the end of his first deployment, he crawled over 1,500 yards of field to shoot a high-ranking NVA officer.[18] He was not informed of the details of the mission until he accepted it.[14] This effort took four days and three nights, without sleep, of constant inch-by-inch crawling.[18] Hathcock said he was almost stepped on as he lay camouflaged with grass and vegetation in a meadow shortly after sunset.[2] At one point he was nearly bitten by a bamboo viper but had the presence of mind to avoid moving and giving up his position.[18] As the officer exited his encampment, Hathcock fired a single shot that struck the officer in the chest, killing him.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][9][28]
After the arduous mission of killing the officer, Hathcock returned to the United States in 1967.[14][18] However, he missed the Marine Corps and returned to Vietnam in 1969, where he took command of a platoon of snipers.[10]
Medical evacuation
Hathcock's career as a sniper came to a sudden end along Route 1, north of LZ Baldy in September 1969, when the amtrack he was riding on, an LVT-5, struck an anti-tank mine. Hathcock pulled seven Marines off the flame-engulfed vehicle and was severely burned before jumping to safety. While recovering, Hathcock received the Purple Heart. Nearly 30 years later, he would receive the Silver Star for this action.[10] All eight injured Marines were evacuated by helicopter to the USS Repose (AH-16), then to a Naval Hospital in Tokyo, and ultimately to the burn center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.And not to forget:
For example: what Moore, apparently, had not stopped to consider is that snipers have been used on the battlefield to keep approaching enemy troops pinned-down so that U.S. soldiers can safely retreat- thus saving their lives.
Or
what about snipers Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart who, after three
requests to gain permission to come to the aid of the downed Blackhawk
in Mogadishu, finally entered the firefight, understanding that the
crowd of Somalis meant almost-certain death?
Gordon and Shughart gave their lives, holding off the horde of Somalis long enough for help to arrive. The two-man team literally fought to the death and were awarded, posthumously, Medals of Honor.
I suppose Moore believes them to be “cowards,” too…
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“American Sniper” fans turned viciously Sunday on left-wing, hypocrite filmmaker Michael Moore when he insulted the memory of an American hero.
See, the hypocrite Moore knows how to make a fortune out of movies championing the poor (while he and his bank account grow steadily fatter) but he doesn’t know what to make of the stunning success of “American Sniper,” the movie about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who became the deadliest sniper in American military history during his service in the Iraq war.
Clearly in a porculent snit that the Clint Eastwood-directed homage to the late Kyle is on its way to a general opening weekend that could hit $100 million, the grossly overweight Moore took to Twitter to try to squelch the whole idea of Kyle’s heroism.
And betrayed his ignorance of military service — and patriotism — at the same time.
Here’s what Moore tweeted out Sunday. See twitter: @MMFlint
It’s not enough that the man’s jealousy is showing through that his movies never have — and never will — attract the real that Eastwood’s biopic will. But he feels compelled to denigrate the memory of a man his superior in every way just to prove his point.
(His anti-Bush rant “Fahrenheit 911″ was a huge hit in the heat of the 2004 election, but it was a polemic not an work of art. No one really liked the movie, not even libs, they just used it to demonstrate how much they hated Bush.)
Fortunately, the country is full of people more than willing to let his lardship know the error of his ways — or at least let the rest of the world know what his real motivations are.
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