America - No. 1 at Shooting People Right In the Head. Yay!!!!!!

[MrPerson]

Too bad we suck at math.

[NutmegYankee]

1. But we can calculate ballistics right!

:evilgrin:

[napi21]

19. BALLISTICS??? Yeah right.When you're on an unstable footing

(as in the water!) and shots at 60-90 yards. YOU do the calculations!

[NutmegYankee]

It's a joke. I know it was training.

Though the weapons were likely dialed in through skilled manufacturing and testing at the range. It is a science in its own right.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

2. And your responce would have been??????

[MrPerson]

3. Forgetting about it right now.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

4. So why bring it up????

[MrPerson]

5. So I could forget about it.

I'm not that complicated.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

6. Good luck with that.

[Windy]

12. Just ridiculous! The administration and the Navy did the right thing.

They gave these people, teens or not, every opportunity to surrender. They went so far as to send FBI hostage negotiators in. What the heck is wrong with some of you?

I really think the far left and the far right should just get together in a room and either put each other out of their misery or form their own countrys... the rest of us in this country who are sane would be better off.

[MrPerson]

26. Great - lets play down the macho "head shot" malarkey.

[LanternWaste]

32. And refer to it as "bunny fluffers"?

And refer to it as "bunny fluffers"? "He was taken down with ONE Bunny Fluffer!"

You can of course allow us the precise and relevant means of expressing gratitude that the hostage was rescued that will not offend anyone, which also deftly and accurately describes the situation that happened, yes?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

54. I guess we could just say the snipers shot the part of the body exposed by the pirates...

[madinmaryland]

7. ..

:popcorn:

[Liberal Veteran]

8. America, Fuck Yeah!

[opihimoimoi]

9. Its the most HUMANE WAY...painless....they don't feel shit

[Oregone]

15. And we dont either

[SammyWinstonJack]

39. Disconnected Americans.

:-(

[Toucano]

57. Quite the contrary

We feel ecstatic that bad guys are dead.

Maybe the next bad guy will consider this fate rather than worshiping the booty rich pirate.

[j420norcal]

36. Tru Dat

Those pirates don't even know they're dead yet.

[L0oniX]

10. The months of playing C.O.D has paid off.

[jmg257]

11. And then again, some of us are good at both.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Best thread title in years!! LOL

:rofl:

[Oregone]

14. We have better guns, so, Rah Rah Rah

God Bless our ballistic technology.

[NeedleCast]

16. More DUers ice skating uphill...

[Ghost in the Machine]

17. If it happens again, we'll let *you* bake them a pie and coax them out...

.. where you can catch them in a net or a snare trap.


What?

You mean you're *not* a cartoon character? Could have fooled me...

[MrPerson]

21. Lemon Meringue would probably work.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Heh.

[Common Sense Party]

20. Do you think we could have defeated them with algebra?

It took trigonometry to beat me.

[MrPerson]

22. Only if we Blinded Them With Science first.

[jmg257]

24. Ha! Nice! nt

[stray cat]

23. I always like to see law enforcement save innocent people same goes for special forces

[old mark]

25. Better than being #2 at it. nt

[MrPerson]

27. If you're not No. 1 you're Last.

[jmg257]

28. Dead last. nt

[LanternWaste]

29. Only if you draw first, pardner...

Only if you draw first, pardner...

If you don't draw at all, doesn't matter if you're first or last.

[Pavulon]

30. boom, headshot...

we are number one at funny hats.

[cboy4]

31. I'm in such a good mood today.

I'd like to see us kill a bunch more who get in the way of aid ships.

[MrPerson]

33. Your hockey team is soft. Concentrate on that.

[DevonRex]

34. Oh god. You had to bring up hockey. Grrr.

Avalanche fan. 'Nuff said. :cry:

[DevonRex]

35. They were dead the second they shoved their AKs in his face right in front

of the US Navy SEALs. There are some things you can't do and get away with it. They could have surrendered at any time over the last days. But they didn't.

I'm sad that they made those choices. I wish they had been able to grow up in a stable country with great parents who were able to teach them how to live their lives without violence.

But my sympathy for them ends when they say they're going to kill an innocent person who was just delivering food and medical supplies to the region, to people who so DESPERATELY need them to live. What if actions of the pirates along that coast make relief operations cease? How many MORE people in the region would suffer and die?

The pirates chose the method, manner and time of their death. They could have chosen to live, to do the right thing. They did not. They suffered the consequences of their own actions.

[MrPerson]

37. *cue Good Bad and Ugly music*

[DevonRex]

38. That doesn't even make sense.

[MrPerson]

43. Then I don't have to explain it.

[Retired AF Dem]

40. Lots of math involved in shooting

I guess us gunnuts that are good at hitting targets at long distance took our math classes seriously. :)

[MadMaddie]

41. In this case if you are number 2 your kidnapped victim is dead!

[Dreamer Tatum]

42. Yes, the solution to all international hostage situations is to increase funding for education

When you have an AK pointed at you when you're bound in the middle of the ocean, I'll be sure to have my kid's algebra tutor come save you.

[backscatter712]

44. Hate to say it, but those three thugs had it coming to them.

Don't give them credibility. I'm sorry their country is in such terrible shape from the lack of government, the toxic dumping, the overfishing, etc.

But that doesn't justify what these thugs did. They're common criminals, engaging in armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, assault and battery with deadly weapons and murder.

We were more than patient with them. We brought in the FBI hostage negotiators, and we tried to talk sense into them. They wouldn't negotiate, started making demands, waved their Kalashnikovs around, and pointed their weapons at the hostage.

Threatening the life of their hostage was their last mistake, and our Navy SEALS were more than justified in popping them like zits. Three headshots. Game over.

We win. Explain to me why what we did in this crisis was bad?

[MrPerson]

45. Gloat over the head shots

[Pavulon]

50. People with gaping holes where their brains were dont

shoot innocent people on their way to pirate heaven. That serves a purpose, no cns, no dead hostage.

[Toucano]

56. Thank you. I will.

You are living in a bubble.

[Occam Bandage]

46. Clearly the appropriate solution to a hostage crisis is education spending. nt

[neverforget]

55. What about a tax cut and teabag party?

[Occam Bandage]

58. Tax cuts solve everything. Any moron knows that.

Of course, nobody else does, but hey.

[neverforget]

60. I'm thinking capital gains tax cut and elimination of the inheritance tax.

Solves everything and acne too!

[Canuckistanian]

47. I'm in awe of your shooting people in the head skills

And yes, your math skills suck, but so what? At least you solve problems by shooting people in the head.

Now, the question is - whose head can you shoot to solve Climate Change? World Poverty? Racial tensions? Religious wars?

I'm sure the brainiacs in charge are right on top of these ones.

[Pavulon]

51. A canadian holds that record at the moment..

so technically you are number one. Taliban bitch at 2430 meters. 2.4 kilometers.

[Canuckistanian]

52. Hey, we're no slouches

http://www.snipercountry.com/articles/killingshot_2430metres.asp

[MrSlayer]

48. Too bad we couldn't afford to start at the kneecaps.

Clean headshots work well enough though.


I'm good at math.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

49. Math

Good shooting requires accurate assessment of wind patterns, distance, muscle and breathing control, and a steady finger. I am sure those SEALs are some of the most intelligent people we have in the US military.

[MrPerson]

53. Well its good to be good at something

[L. Coyote]

59. Problems solved by shooting other people in the head are the easy ones to solve.

Problems solved by using your own head, they are the difficult ones.