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JonLP24

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3. How about his spotter?

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 02:43 AM

Jan 2015

Just a joke, though I'm curious does the movie even have a spotter? If not, that would be a glaring inaccuracy. For snipers my favorite is Bob Lee Swagger though he is fictional, the movie "Shooter" did a great job in detailing the accuracy that goes into sniping though the book Point of Impact is much, much better. The Third Bullet is another in the Bob Lee Swagger series which deals with the JFK assassination, I haven't made it that far yet but from what I can tell Stephen Hunter has a very good understanding what the government & side factions are capable of. A gun nut living in the woods is why he was chosen as the perfect "patsy" in Point of Impact.

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The Real American Sniper: Why Chris Kyle Wasn’t A Hero [View all] tenderfoot Jan 2015 OP

This has bothered me since the first Iraq war HeiressofBickworth Jan 2015 #1

well said! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #22

Just one more reason not to see this movie. blackspade Jan 2015 #2

How about his spotter? JonLP24 Jan 2015 #3

He did what he was trained to do and saved lives glasshouses Jan 2015 #4

Its so hard to independently verify much of this JonLP24 Jan 2015 #5

Wasn't that the unwritten ROE in the taking of Fallujah? glasshouses Jan 2015 #8

I agree with the worst example part JonLP24 Jan 2015 #14

He was a 'savage' who took lives and signed up to do just that. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #7

Hundreds of thousands of men and women signed up also glasshouses Jan 2015 #10

Just mirroring Kyle's words: he had the nerve to describe the citizens under invasion and attack ND-Dem Jan 2015 #11

+1 BeanMusical Jan 2015 #16

K&R. who's the savage? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #6

the person who is worse than him is the bitter old roguevalley Jan 2015 #9

eastwood is worse than the savage and murderer because he made a movie that glorified the ND-Dem Jan 2015 #12

given that the effect of his movie will have on a roguevalley Jan 2015 #20

well, that's a good answer, but the even larger context for all of this is US actions in the ND-Dem Jan 2015 #21

Did he call the Iraqi people savages ? kwolf68 Jan 2015 #13

The *US* invaded Iraq. Please try to keep that in mind, because that's the context. Given ND-Dem Jan 2015 #18

I knew the world, some journalists and critics nilesobek Jan 2015 #15

Kick and R. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #17

Kick. Nt cwydro Jan 2015 #19

Kick for Truth. Octafish Jan 2015 #23