Hiding in a car trunk shooting people along the highway and at gas stations, not cool and death penalty

Hiding in a building in Iraq shooting people that cant see you, wicked good and medals you call candy.

Strange sense of morals.

"In this December 11, 2011 photo, a camouflaged Pakistani Taliban militant fires a sniper rifle in the South Waziristan region along the Afghan border. The insurgents may be receiving weapons from elements in the Pak army, a report by the U.S. military has suggested"

Sounds like Pakistan is trying to help even the odds..

So this is the guy guy that popped Jessie
Ventura in the face?

The only cool sniper is one, on his home territory, defending it from invaders. Everything else is pretty much entrapment and murder. Invade a country, then shoot everyone who gets pissed about it? We celebrate this?

The son of a Sunday-school teacher and a church deacon, Kyle credits a higher authority for his longest kill.

#1 | POSTED BY TEDLY AT 2012-01-08 09:19 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Perhaps you don't understand the difference between "war" and "murder". And here's a bonus: while shooting opposing soldiers who would kill you if they found you first is perfectly legal, shooting civilians during war is still a crime!

Invade a country, then shoot everyone who gets pissed about it? We celebrate this?

#4 | Posted by adammm at 2012-01-09 10:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

Yes possibly you may have heard about something called history. Towards the end of WW2 Allied forces had many snipers killing German forces inside Nazi Germany and when the war was over we celebrated that's why you are typing in English and not German or Japanese,,,

History can be fun and you might even learn something in the process,,,

Perhaps you don't understand the difference between "war" and "murder".

#6 | POSTED BY SOHEIFOX

Nice spin Soheifox but I no full well the difference between war and murder. My point, albeit shrouded deep in dark sarcasm, is basically for an American to go to Iraq and take aim at and shoot and kill an Iraqi in said Iraq while hiding a mile away, is classless and murder.

The poster of "Now that's a wicked shot", is equally as classless. However I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you missed the intent of my post.

"Nice spin Soheifox but I no full well the difference between war and murder. My point, albeit shrouded deep in dark sarcasm, is basically for an American to go to Iraq and take aim at and shoot and kill an Iraqi in said Iraq while hiding a mile away, is classless and murder."

Your point wasn't hard to get. Its just stupid. He's a soldier. He doesn't choose where he will be deployed. He is ordered into a warzone and once there, it is kill or be killed. He's not shooting innocent people who are grocery shopping or pumping gas, despite your assinine comparision. He's shooting people who are trying to kill him and his comrades (as well as innocent Iraqis if they happen to be from the wrong ethnic group). To compare him to the beltway snipers, who were never in danger and just shot unarmed innocent people for the fuck of it, is assinine.

I disagree with the Iraq War but that doesn't mean I'm going to shit on the soldiers who were sent over there to fight it on OUR behalf.

Fucked in the head. I can understand doing his job and protecting his fellow soldiers, but to credit God with a kill makes him a whackjob.
#5 | POSTED BY 726

Read the Bible.

Towards the end of WW2

Please tell me when Iraq issued a declaration of war against the US.

You dumbass if you were there walking around in uniform, you would want him on your side unless you are completely crazy not just stupid.They had snipers also you know.IED's aren't a courageous way to fight in fact its a cowardly way to fight

"Navy Sniper Has 160 Kills"

I wonder if he's fit for civilian life any more?

"Navy Sniper Has 160 Kills"

I wonder if he's fit for civilian life any more?
#13 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine

Wolfer's a possibility.

Please tell me when Iraq issued a declaration of war against the US.

#11 | Posted by 726 at 2012-01-09 03:54 PM | Reply

its filed right in front of Libya's 726, douche

"IED's aren't a courageous way to fight in fact its a cowardly way to fight"

And effective; don't forget effective.

If you can read pick up the Holy Bible,some of the great hero's of the word were Warriors,Joshua,David,Solomon,
Samson to name a few.The Bible doesn't condemn a soldier for what happens in battle.

"The son of a Sunday-school teacher and a church deacon, Kyle credits a higher authority for his longest kill."

This guy is like the Tebow of Snipers. I wonder if he takes a knee just after the shot?

Either way, I'm glad he's on our side!

its filed right in front of Libya's 726, douche

#15 | Posted by kersh at 2012-01-09 04:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Really? Seems odd to me that we had anything to do with deposing Qaddafi. Especially if you listen to the Republican leadership. All they did was thank France, right after calling them cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

Only we didn't do it right,the way its done you go to win and you kill as many as it takes until they lay down arms and give up.The other side of it is no other option and their goal is kill as many of us as they can and take what we have.

If you can read pick up the Holy Bible,some of the great hero's of the word were Warriors,Joshua,David,Solomon,
Samson to name a few.The Bible doesn't condemn a soldier for what happens in battle.
#17 | Posted by upyours7

It's glorification of bloodthirsy savages is one of the Bible's pathological distinctions.

"IED's aren't a courageous way to fight in fact its a cowardly way to fight"

Meh, it's a guerrilla war.

That's what you do when you are a smaller force fighting a bigger force.

It's a game of attrition they are playing.

The entire region watched as the Afghanis bled the USSR dry to the point where it hastened the collapse of their empire.

And now it's America's turn, apparently.

And as Americans come home in body bags and the national debt rises and the VA hospitals fill up for years to come it's the Chinese are the ones who are going home with the energy contracts in Iraq and waiting around in Afghanistan to "help" them rebuild after the US leaves. Alongside their Pak allies, of course.

Time to come home.

Be Well.

SGT York in WW1 applied as a conscientious objector but became the most decorated soldier in WW1.

Now there are some well spent tax dollars. Booyah!

SGT York in WW1 applied as a conscientious objector but became the most decorated soldier in WW1.

Only we didn't do it right,the way its done you go to win and you kill as many as it takes until they lay down arms and give up.The other side of it is no other option and their goal is kill as many of us as they can and take what we have.
#21 | Posted by upyours7

If their nation is invaded, what choice do they have?

he'll prolly shoot himself in the head one day.

and that'll make 161...

My prior hero was Bernard Goetz - now Chris Kyle is right up there with him. Thank GOD we have *some* men left in the US with the BALLS to take the gotdamn freaks out.

..but to credit God with a kill makes him a whackjob.

#5 | Posted by 726

God is an excellent marksman. He has more kills under his belt than anyone in the Universe.

My prior hero was Bernard Goetz - now Chris Kyle is right up there with him. Thank GOD we have *some* men left in the US with the BALLS to take the gotdamn freaks out.

#29 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2012-01-09 04:24 PM | Reply | Flag: #3: John Wayne Gacy

God is like Babe Ruth.

Most homers and most strikes.... most kills and most saves.

Also likes cigars and whiskey.

damn, it just goes to show you-- if eric harris and dylan klebold didn't take a longview of things, off some of their classmates and then blow their fucking heads off, they coulda had pretty nice careers.

i can't wait for the video game to come out-- "chris kyle's sniper 2012." wonder what the esrb rating will be? hopefully a-o. hopefully in the game you can take out civs and even your own men-- and most importantly yourself. then you get to go home and become a tabloid hero. then later in life in the game you can become born-again and end the game going to heaven and meeting sweet jesus. classic gameplay opportunity if there ever was one.

few more kills and he may be the next peace prize winner.

Only we didn't do it right,the way its done you go to win and you pay as many as it takes until they stop killing us.The other side of it is no other option and their goal is kill as many of us as they can and take what we have.

#21 | Posted by upyours7

FTFY

IED's aren't a courageous way to fight in fact its a cowardly way to fight"

Meh, it's a guerrilla war.

That's what you do when you are a smaller force fighting a bigger force.

#23 | Posted by dethspud at 2012-01-09 04:17 PM | Reply | Flag

Exactly.

This guy whining about IED sounds like the British of the Revolutionary War...."Those minutemen are hiding behind trees....how UN-gentlemanly!"

Also, does this guy not see that drones are the same as IED's. Remotely operated with the intention of killing.

I'm not condemning any of it, it's warfare and I understand that, I just loathe those who act as though only the other side is 'unfair'.

DB: God is an excellent marksman. He has more kills under his belt than anyone in the Universe.

Particularly, the OT version of God.

God 2.0 in the NT is kinda mellowed out but OT Yaweh, now that Dude could smite like nobody else.

Seriously the Guy got pissed one day that nobody was listening to Him and called for a flood that killed off 99.999% of the population.

That's some serious bad-assery, right there.

CS: This guy whining about IED sounds like the British of the Revolutionary War...."Those minutemen are hiding behind trees....how UN-gentlemanly!"
Also, does this guy not see that drones are the same as IED's. Remotely operated with the intention of killing.

Excellent points.

Also calling people who have a tendency to strap on bombs and blow themselves up along with their targets "cowards" seems a little off.

Think Bill Maher made a similar pronouncement a while back.

Luckily Spud doesn't have a tv show to lose for speaking the truth, eh?

^__^

I'm not condemning any of it, it's warfare and I understand that, I just loathe those who act as though only the other side is 'unfair'.

All fair in love and war but especially war.

/Offer not valid where Geneva Conventions are respected.

Be Well.

Fucked in the head. I can understand doing his job and protecting his fellow soldiers, but to credit God with a kill makes him a whackjob.

#5 | Posted by 726

You'd be sucking this guy's dick if the gangsta with the knife at your throat suddenly exploded in a pink mist.

Not only are you fool, but a coward too.

"Enemy at the Gates" was it? Now I want to watch that movie again.

"Enemy at the Gates" was it?

Yup.
Stalingrad.

"Enemy at the Gates"

Great movie.

Be Well.

My prior hero was Bernard Goetz...

Thanks for playing.

Be Well.

Libs out in force decrying this sniper. All kinds of claim, most popular is "MURDER!!!"

Have you same libs been screaming about Obama's Drone army which kill, not only bad guys, but their dogs, their kids & anyone else within 30'.

As for this sniper, thank you sir :)

Nice shooting but if I was him I would've kept my mouth shut

"Hiding in a car trunk shooting people along the highway and at gas stations, not cool and death penalty
Hiding in a building in Iraq shooting people that cant see you, wicked good and medals you call candy.
Strange sense of morals.
#1 | Posted by Tedly"

Fuckin A. Tedly just made the list of Top Ten Stupidest Posts in DR History. Nice to have one name on the List that is not "Eddie."

#13
Not only is he "fit for society"
he owns his own company called
Craft International. Husband with
a wife and two kids. Comes across
as a grounded guy with a clear view
of his life.

Nice spin Soheifox but I no full well the difference between war and murder. My point, albeit shrouded deep in dark sarcasm, is basically for an American to go to Iraq and take aim at and shoot and kill an Iraqi in said Iraq while hiding a mile away, is classless and murder.
#8 | Posted by Tedly"

Clearly you don't "no" full well the difference between war and murder. Clearly you are a nimrod with the brain of a casserole and the grammar of a kindergartener.

#28
Prolly not, Nerf. See my post 46.

while shooting opposing soldiers who would kill you if they found you first is perfectly legal, shooting civilians during war is still a crime!

Please provide a picture of the Iraqi Military uniform the soldiers he shot were wearing.

#46 yep. depends on the person. knew a guy who was a SEAL during Vietnam who did some crazy shit. you'd never know, was well adjusted, never got into drugs etc.

sniping is classier than drones.

#50

My own brother in law has "I Ain't Right"
tatted on the back of his neck.

Sniper in Vietnam. Talented person. Real steady hand.
Easy to laugh. One of the only others I would trust to be
around both my kids.

Gave me a "Last Defense Knife" for my birthday.

Helluva guy!

(But. Like those snipers - Drones ROCK!!!!)

There ain't nothin' more 'merican than going overseas and shootin' brown people for a paycheck!

~~The neocon right

So this is the guy guy that popped Jessie
Ventura in the face?

#3 | Posted by Bellatrix

Yes--it was the same. Happened here in Coronado.

Jessie was demonizing the Iraq war, the troops and America with his 9/11 truther bullshit. So the guy popped him.

Try to find the tweet from Jessie denying it---Found it!

Jesse Ventura Denies Claim He Was Punched by Navy SEAL


Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL sniper, told Bill O’Reilly that several years ago, he punched out former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura after Ventura badmouthed the Iraq war, and the soldiers fighting in it. Ventura now denying Kyle’s claims, writing on Facebook:

“If this happened six years ago, someone would have known of it before now … I have always opposed the war in Iraq but I have never spoken or wished any ill towards the soldiers … Someone is out to destroy my credibility.”

There's nothing more American than hiring a bunch of mercenaries to kill brown people while claiming we'r e"out" of Iraq!

- The Drudge Retort Fake Progressives

Nice spin Soheifox but I no full well the difference between war and murder. My point, albeit shrouded deep in dark sarcasm, is basically for an American to go to Iraq and take aim at and shoot and kill an Iraqi in said Iraq while hiding a mile away, is classless and murder.

#8 | Posted by Tedly"

Are you saying the sniper is shooting civilians? Just some bloats sitting around enjoying tea on a carpet?

Or is the sniper shooting the enemy who is shooting at our guys?

Which is it?

#55
Murphy, the sniper IS shooting at the enemy who shoots at OUR guys.
Some fail to understand that.

(But. Like those snipers - Drones ROCK!!!!)

#51 | POSTED BY BELLATRIX AT 2012-01-09 06:56 PM | REPLY | FLAG

i don't disagree. some folks on here make it sound like this guy is the devil shooting people for fun, when their hero is stepping up drone attacks but would defend him til the end. hard to figure...

#49 | Posted by Axiom
Your an ass, along with the othet screwballs who think it's murder.

Please provide a picture of the Iraqi Military uniform the soldiers he shot were wearing.

#49 | Posted by Axiom at

That RPG was uniform enough. You people make me sick. This guy is a genuine badass, killing 160 badguys who would otherwise be at home beating their wives and burning their children as punishment.

You talk a load of shit about equality and womens right and the rest, but when you are confronted with one of the people that did something about creating an atmosphere where an aggressive nation cant invade a weaker one, where women have a say in government, you cowards spit on the people that really make a difference.

You all make me sick.

Cowards.

War is about killing enemies. It is good that we have people willing to do it-we have brute neighbors (I am not writing about Canada of Mexico-we have some brutes in Mexico, but the whole country is not brutal like some countries that I won't name, but you know who they are. I would find it hard to kill someone. My whole working life was devoted to three goals: relieving suffering, relieving or preventing disability and preventing premature death. (I was an active doctor for fifty-one years and a practicing internist for forty-five of those years. So taking a life would be hard for me to do.)

The son of a Sunday-school teacher and a church deacon, Kyle credits a higher authority for his longest kill.

Read more: www.nypost.com
Fucked in the head. I can understand doing his job and protecting his fellow soldiers, but to credit God with a kill makes him a whackjob.
#5 | POSTED BY 726

absolute nut-fucking case..insert allah in name and you have the other group of morons stating the same horseshit.

You all make me sick.
Cowards.

#59 | POSTED BY AMERICANPLY

fuck you.. You can lick my taint scumbag.

It must be nice to get credit for 160 kills. We used to count gook bodies after a fight by the dozens, but it was impossible to sort out who killed each of them.

Please provide a picture of the Iraqi Military uniform the soldiers he shot were wearing.

#49 | Posted by Axiom at

These are the same asshats that spat on my at LAX when eh came home from Viet Nam and called him a "Baby killer."

You have NFC what these guys go through when they are there. Insurgents don't wear uniforms. They mind using women and children as shields. They take young boys and train them to be bombers or give them guns and say, "Go shoot that guy."

In viet nam it was the same thing. They didn't know if the woman or kid they just walked past would pull out an AK and start lighting them up from behind. They didn't know if getting onto a US Military truck would have them trapped in a box with a grenade.

Don't judge the troops. Judge the assholes who sent them in the first place.

"Enemy at the Gates" was it?

Yup.
Stalingrad.

#40 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2012-01-09 05:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yup.

I remember that line...something like "This city is named for the Boss".

Ed Harris is a great actor, as is Bob Hoskins.

but to credit God with a kill makes him a whackjob.

#5 | Posted by 726 at 2012-01-09 11:16 AM | Reply | Flag:

What do you know of God and His views on such things?

Please cite your sources.

I heard a couple of idiots on here try to pin this sniper as a murderer and I thinks that's absurd, but I really noticed this running theme of Drones now somehow being evil in the eyes of many on the right here simply because they hate the President.

Amazing.

A professional soldier is excellent at his job, which is killing enemy combatants before they kill Americans.

And the Left thinks this is evil.

Meanwhile, abortionists kill children who's only threat is making life inconvenient for some woman who didn't think before she fucked.

And these doctors are celebrated and praised by the Left for how courageous they are.

Fucknthat noise Vernon. Bottom line this guy is the real deal. You all should read Seal Tem Six by Wasdan and get a sense of the massive dangerous amount of training these guys go through before they ever are allowed out on a mission.

These guys deserve nothing but our respect and gratitude for their service.

I equtae the invasion of Irag with a DUI stop. There was never any harm done, no one was hurt by their actions but "the doctrine of Pre-emtive assault" dictades that they MAY be a danger thus: ATTACK!

I do not hate the use of drones. I do question the use to kill American citizens without any form of trial, but with that said, I still think they should continue to be used. What I have a problem with is all the libs/progressives HERE that have a problem with a military sniper who kills the enemy (not the enemies dog, kids, wife, parents) while those same libs/progressives say NOTHING or even support Drone use which does in fact kill/hurt 100's if not 1000's of civi's. Hell, those same libs/progressives HERE were against Drone use under Bush, but open supporters of Obama's expanded use, including expended use into new countries (Yemen, Pak, Libia, etc).

#58 | Posted by patron at 2012-01-09 08:56 PM | Reply | Flag:
#59 | Posted by americanPLY at 2012-01-09 08:58 PM | Reply | Flag:
#64 | Posted by captjimmyjames at 2012-01-09 11:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Dear Fuck sticks,

Please expound on how you came to the conclusions you came to in the posts you made after reading one line.

Judge the assholes who sent them in the first place.

I do. I don't judge the soldiers at all. I'm questioning the poster's use of the words "enemy soldiers" since our government doesn't recognize them as "soldiers". That's how our government justifies their indefinite incarceration and the lack of any oversight by the Geneva Conventions. If the dipshit I quoted in my post thinks we're fighting "soldiers" over there, he hasn't been paying attention and his opinion is invalid.

You three assholes inferred something that wasn't there. Go punch yourselves.

With the hypocrite, liberal scum, rapist sympathizers here, this so beneath their understanding of Duty and Honor, they shouldn't even have the right to comment on this article. I'll bet their eyes and brain fry a little trying to understand what they are reading. So sad to be you.

AXIOM:

There is no uniform, fuck stick. That was MY point. Insurgents are just as much a soldier as anyone with a uniform on. Pick up that AK and shoot at the guys in uniform... you become a soldier. Blow up a vehicle with an RPG... you become a soldier. That was MY point. Not all soldiers wear a uniform.

CIA operatives - don't wear uniforms. But they are soldiers when they go into a war zone to do the things they do.

War zones are complicated things and the fine lines that keep morality even remotely tangible slip through the cracks of stress, fear and paranoia. Trying to judge a soldier on what he or she has done on a battlefield is impossible unless you have been there and experienced that horror for yourself.

(That last part, and most of what I wrote in my last post, was for the other people that got all shitty about this guy, not you Axiom)

"I do. I don't judge the soldiers at all. I'm questioning the poster's use of the words "enemy soldiers" since our government doesn't recognize them as "soldiers". "

That's just semantics. He's killing "guys who would kill him or his comrades first if they got a chance". Legalese hardly matters when people are trying to kill you.

I saw a few know-it-alls like AXIOM loaded into body bags and sent back to the US with the gear.

Read his book a couple of days ago. It was one of the only books by a service member Ive read where the guy doesnt think he's smarter than all of his superiors.
It was a vanilla book, but a decent read just the same.

He doesnt name Ventura by name in the book, but supposedly admitted it was Ventura on o'reilly. He called him mr Scruffyface or something like that in the book.

Anyone that thinks snipers are cowards or murderers is a fucking retard that doesnt know the first thing about sniping. The vast majority of this gus kills were in the 200-400 meter range. He was right in the middle of the biggest urban battles of the iraq war, and was shot twice, and had his knees fucked up when an RPG collapsed a wall that landed on him. It's not like this guy was safe and out of harms way as he sniped the mutts.

Some of you retards should consider how little you know about the things you comment on...

He's killing "guys who would kill him or his comrades first if they got a chance".

Again. You're guessing that because I asked for a picture of the uniform of these so-called "soldiers" that I have ill-will toward a guy who was doing his job saving his buddies in a war.

Again falling into the old trap that one cannot support the soldiers sent to fight a war that one disagrees with.

Again the "you're either with us or against us" mentality.

Legalese hardly matters when people are trying to kill you.

It does when you've aligned yourself with those who choose to not use the word "soldier" because it's politically expedient.

Not all soldiers wear a uniform.

None of the people fighting the United States military since the fall of Iraq or the invasion of Afghanistan have been termed "soldiers". Listen to one of our men or women talk about the enemy. It's "insurgent" or "combatant" or "fighters" or some other nomenclature...

Not soldier.

I saw a few know-it-alls like AXIOM loaded into body bags and sent back to the US with the gear.

The only thing you saw was the underside of a nut sack, cum dumpster. Guys like were beaten into line by real men.

Please tell me when Iraq issued a declaration of war against the US.

So the Civil War was unjustified because it wasn't 'declared'.
I also noticed that 726 shut his pie hole when the analogy to Libya came up.

It seems like most who are talking smack have never been in front or behind the gun. Who ever he credits is his business and his right. Bottom line is, he is who you want when lives are on the line. He he praises a door knob I don't give a fuck. There might be a lil problem with his home state. It's TEXAS bitches!!!

That is "If he"

.... Cheap & Sleazy!

**** BIG SLEAZY OIL needs all the Chris Kyle "Psycho Killers" they can recruit.. because they're such Useful,Unquestioning Idiots...plus they work so God Damn CHEAP!!!

So the Civil War was unjustified because it wasn't 'declared'.

The south declared war on the north when they fired on fort sumter.

I also noticed that 726 shut his pie hole when the analogy to Libya came up.

it's hard for them to talk out of both sides of their mouths sometimes.

None of the people fighting the United States military since the fall of Iraq or the invasion of Afghanistan have been termed "soldiers". Listen to one of our men or women talk about the enemy. It's "insurgent" or "combatant" or "fighters" or some other nomenclature...

Not soldier.
#78 | Posted by Axiom

A soldier wears a uniform and obeys the orders of the supervisors over him. These people are militia, not soldiers. Doesnt make them any less of an enemy, and thats the key word. They were the enemy of our military, and they were the enemy of their own country. Iraq wasnt about colonization. We werent actively eliminating the Iraqi people. All they had to do was peacefully cooperate within the democratic process. Instead, they chose to resort to violence.

Ill never forget the women and little girl who came up to our patrol one day. The girl was shot through the spine by crossfire between the Iraqi police and Jaish(?) al Mahdi. No American soldiers in sight when it happened. Every bit of violence after the initial invasion is purely the fault of these woman beating, child-burning assholes who abuse and oppress in the name of God.

You leftist assholes talk a great game when it comes to protecting women and children, and the minority and all of that, but when it comes to action you turn and run. Saddam Hussein had a history of starting conflicts with his neighbors, he invaded his weak southern neighbor, gassed innocent civilians with chemical weapons, oppressed his people, and refused to leave Iraq and spare his people the bloody invasion when given the chance. Hes dead now, and the world is a better place. These people are stiff necked, and their country suffered horribly because of it. This man in the article saved probably hundreds of lives. He killed the enemy, thats what soldiers do. He just so happened to do it very well. Instead of being sniveling little shits you could at least acknowledge the superior quality of our fighting force and be grateful we have it.

"gassed innocent civilians with chemical weapons"

We should probably jail the guys who sold him those:

Nice deflection, but more of the same "US bad, third world dictators good" nonsense. He used them for reasons other than the ones we gave them to him for.

"Nice spin Soheifox but I no full well the difference between war and murder. My point, albeit shrouded deep in dark sarcasm, is basically for an American to go to Iraq and take aim at and shoot and kill an Iraqi in said Iraq while hiding a mile away, is classless and murder."

Would it have been "classier" of him to let the dude with the RPG take out a humvee? Instead of 160 dead enemy combatants, it would have been better if it were the same number of dead marines?

"None of the people fighting the United States military since the fall of Iraq or the invasion of Afghanistan have been termed "soldiers". Listen to one of our men or women talk about the enemy. It's "insurgent" or "combatant" or "fighters" or some other nomenclature..."

The term "soldier" generally implies that the combatant in question is a professional member of an armed force that follows the laws and customs of warfare at the very least, but will be held liable to the Geneva Conventions. Basically, it implies that they would be considered a legal combatant under the GC. Very few of the combatants we have run up against in Iraq or Afghanistan fit that title. Therefore, it would be incorrect to refer to them as soldiers. If you did have a picture of these combatants, what you should see is someone sporting a clearly visible marker that would identify them as a legal combatant. They must also carry their arms openly and be subject to a chain of command. If Habib gets pissed because the Marines invade his village, and he takes a shot at Marines, he becomes the enemy and they have every right to kill him. If he is captured, he will not be entitled to those privileges that would be afforded a prisoner of war, because to be a POW means that you first have to be a legal combatant, as described in the GC.

"So the Civil War was unjustified because it wasn't 'declared'"

Both Germany and Japan declared war on the US only after the US declared war on them. In fact, Germany wanted the US and GB to stay out of the wars in Europe, viewing the former as sharing a common Saxon history, and just not wanting to have to deal with the latter.

#84 | POSTED BY AMERICANPLY

Careful, Ply! If you keep educating people about who the real bad guys were in Iraq, you may be kicked off the DR! JAM, under al-Sadr, was trying to take control of most of southern Iraq. As the war progressed it became increasing common to find Iranian late-model (as in: manufactured that same year..) rockets and, far more dangerous, IEDs using explosively formed penetrators. On more than one occasion, the copper (or steel) "cups" were captured before being made into bombs - still with their Iranian markings.

"The Mahdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Militia or Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) (Arabic جيش المهدي), was an Iraqi paramilitary force created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003."

"The group is armed with various light weapons, including improvised explosive devices."

DISCLAIMER TO YOU SUPER-LIBS: This is not an attempt to drum up support for an attack on Iran. If Iran gets attacked, it will be because of a far more overt act on their part. It is important though, to be made aware of the subtle shit they're pulling over there in their attempt to utterly dominate the region.

"Muqtada al-Sadr has spent the past few years in Iran, studying at the Hawza in Qom."

I'd say he was a damn good shot!