While interviewing an anonymous Marine scout sniper on his sniper
skills, a Reuters News agent asked him what he felt when shooting
members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.


The Marine shrugged and replied, "Recoil."




The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,

"Gunner" wrote: (clip) The Marine shrugged and replied, "Recoil."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Did he realize what a play on words that was? I collect those.

My kind of guy....
JR
Dweller in the cellar

Gunner wrote:
While interviewing an anonymous Marine scout sniper on his sniper
skills, a Reuters News agent asked him what he felt when shooting
members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.


The Marine shrugged and replied, "Recoil."




The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,


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"xray" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:04:18 GMT, Gunner wrote:

While interviewing an anonymous Marine scout sniper on his sniper
skills, a Reuters News agent asked him what he felt when shooting
members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.


The Marine shrugged and replied, "Recoil."


Ha ha ha ha!

Even for a semi-liberal, Bush-hater like myself -- that there's funny.
When asked about Gunner's post, I replied, "I got a kick out of that
one."

Ouch. You will be punished for that one in the afterlife, xray.

--
Ed Huntress

Read this the other day :
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarti...21&ItemID=9517

Refreshing to see that not everyone in the US military supports the
butchery in Iraq!

k

On 15 Jan 2006 07:09:36 -0800, wrote:

Read this the other day :
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarti...21&ItemID=9517

Refreshing to see that not everyone in the US military supports the
butchery in Iraq!

k

Didnt you know the butchery is over? Saddam is in prison and his sons
are dead. Or are you refering to the Jihadist nut cases who keep
blowing up innocent Iraqis by the job lot?

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,

"xray" wrote in
message
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:04:18 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

While interviewing an anonymous Marine scout
sniper on his sniper
skills, a Reuters News agent asked him what he
felt when shooting
members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.


The Marine shrugged and replied, "Recoil."


Ha ha ha ha!

Even for a semi-liberal, Bush-hater like
myself -- that there's funny.
When asked about Gunner's post, I replied, "I
got a kick out of that
one."


Well said to both of you!

Tom Miller

"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
...

"Gunner" wrote: (clip) The Marine shrugged and replied, "Recoil."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Did he realize what a play on words that was? I collect those.


Not only was the Marine unaware of the dual meaning of his reply it's
looking like the whole thing was fabricated. This was already discussed on
rec.guns and the consensus was that there was no confirmation of the report
that could be found anywhere. So, instead of being a clever quip by a sniper
it was something somebody made up and pretended it came from one. Hey, maybe
it was one of those stories like the ones in Iraq where American soldiers
wrote stories praising ourselves and then passing them off to Iraqi
newspapers where they were published under Arab names. Sounds like something
military psyops would do. But it just goes to show you that you can't
believe anything on the internet until it's verified by several sources.
Sorry to burst the war lover's bubbles.

Hawke