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… (spotted by Steve Sibulsky in the KMC parking lot): “God bless our troops; especially our snipers.”
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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GaryIngram on March 14 at 12:26 p.m.
How about,
Guns don’t kill people. Drivers with cell phones kill people!
Stickman on March 14 at 6:12 p.m.
As a Vet, I know the snipers keep the fellow brothers safe. Though the thought my be revolting, they are keeping our sons and daughters safe. Such men are they.
EagleKeeper44 on March 14 at 10:46 p.m.
I agree completely Big Stick….
Ghillie Suit + M40A3 = The Ultimate force multiplier
Stickman on March 15 at 6:54 p.m.
The snipers of this world have saved many a young man, maybe your son or daughter. The thought of killing someone from long distance on the spur of the moment abhors us, but the young people that it saves is priceless. Thanks EagleKeeper, I knew you would understand.
EagleKeeper44 on March 15 at 8:01 p.m.
One side of the sniper job is not well known or played
by Hollywood. Often, a sniper will put a 50 cal. hole
thru the engine block of a generator, radar unit
or vehicle thus taking it out of the battle. No life was
taken but many possibly were saved.
The great skills of these men to be unseen alllows
them to provide invaluable recon from behind enemy
lines and thus saving many many lives.