Michael Moore: I was taught that snipers were cowards

What he wasn’t taught, apparently, was to stop eating when he was no longer hungry. All-you-can-eat buffets may tremble at his approach, but that’s about it. Moore could not make a hair on Kyle’s ass. Or any other sniper. Or any soldier, for that matter.

Apparently, Moore’s extensive war knowledge and experience tells him it is cowardly to shoot an enemy wielding a weapon in the back. That ain’t fair. Well, being fair in war gets one killed.

I guess the left has fought back their natural tendencies for as long as they possibly can and are allowing their inner military hatred bust out… again. Next we’ll see returning vet’s spit on again.

@Bill, #2:

Snipers have never been held in especially high regard by the common soldiers of any army. If you think about it for a moment, the reason should become obvious.

@Marine72, #5:

I imagine the Obama administration will use the modes of attack that seem best suited to any given situation. Here’s a regularly updated website that tracks drone attacks. To date, 361 have occurred on Obama’s watch. The most recent was yesterday, in Yemen. Do we have troops in Yemen? Calling them in was an option?

Obama is, in fact, waging a continuing war against Islamic extremists. They’re being targeted in locations and within windows of opportunity that would make the insertion and extraction of military personnel impossible or impractical. It’s undeniable that innocent civilians have been killed in the process. Civilians are also killed when we put special operations forces or conventional military fireteams on the ground. We also lose our own people.

Considering who we’re fighting and the risk that they clearly pose, would you demand that drone attacks be stopped? There have already been angry demands that large scale telecommunications data collection and automated computer analysis be stopped. There were angry demands that airline passengers not be subjected to body scans before boarding domestic aircraft. Often by the same people who berate Obama for doing nothing to address the threats of terrorism. They were actually angry when Osama bin Laden was dispatched on his watch. They were outraged when Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, was targeted and killed at his order. That’s a name that has come up again very recently, isn’t it?

I think maybe the political right’s reflexive, obsessive attacks on Obama’s policies and actions—whatever he says or whatever does—and their totally schizophrenic thinking about terrorism might be a serious danger to national security.

@Greg
The fool suspended use of hellfire missiles over year ago. moore is not a stable individual nor is he the sharpest pencil in the box. he demonstrates outward signs of schizophrenia. recall that the fool make less than 48% of his PDBs.

@MOS+8541, #8:

The fool suspended use of hellfire missiles over year ago.

There have been 4 drone strikes so far this month, the first of which targeted and eliminated several Taliban leadership cadre. Are you complaining that the kill radius isn’t wide enough?

By the way, the claim that Obama suspended the use of Hellfire missiles a year a go is b.s. A Hellfire missile was what the U.S. drone that killed Ahmed Abdi Godane in Somalia this past September was carrying.

Maybe you should ask yourself why George W. Bush hasn’t been invited to speak at the past two Republican National Conventions, and most likely won’t be invited to speak at the next one either. It’s not as if Democrats are in charge of working up the GOP’s guest lists.