Sniper Culture
Josh Marshall follows up on some posts he made on his site regarding Sniper Culture (can’t find the actual post right now) in Salon. I think it is a pretty fair interview and the sniper type guy makes a rational case about why people spend a lot of money. Just because you are weird enough to want to spend a lotta time doing this stuff, doesn’t necessarily make you sick.
Additionally, a lot of men who grew up on farms could be making the shot this sniper has been making.
The one thing that struck me is the sniper resource guy could have pointed out the two Delta snipers killed in Mogadishu. They provide two heroic examples of people who do so and clearly were not sadistic lunatics. Lunatics perhaps, but lunatics with courage and integrity.
Addition: I’m impressed Marshall gave this guy a pretty fair hearing. I would have been tempted to toy with him a bit.