Saturday, October 31, 2009

Vanderboegh: One Hundred Heads

From Sipsey Street:

Scout Sniper (MOS 0317, formerly 8541) is a specialist in the United States Marine Corps whose mission is to deny the enemy freedom of movement by
killing enemy leaders, crew-served weapons operators, radiomen,
observers, messengers, and other key personnel with single, well-aimed
shots. In addition, scout snipers also provide close reconnaissance and
surveillance to the infantry battalion. Scout Snipers attached to
Marine infantry battalions fall under the Surveillance and Target
Acquisition units, usually a reduced platoon with the headquarters
company. Marine Corps Scout Snipers are widely considered one of the
elite forces of the US military and all branches of service send their
best to be trained at one of the four school house locations.

As defined by the Marine Corps Scout Sniper Basic Course, a Scout Sniper
is a Marine highly skilled in fields craft and marksmanship who
delivers long range precision fire on selected targets from concealed
positions in support of combat operations. -- Wikipedia.

NOTE: Some folks, in and out of government, will take what I write below as an invitation to assassination of public figures. Nothing could be
further from the truth. I am on record as denouncing the idea of
assassinating President Obama, going so far during the campaign as to
call on good folks to attend his rallies and watch for threats to him.
Assassination, even of a President no matter how much you dislike or
fear his administration's policies, is a loser's tool. Indeed, there is
much more to be gained by the enemies of the Founders' Republic in the
assassination of President Obama than by anyone else.

If it happens, one must ask the old criminal investigator's question: Cui bono? Who benefits?

(One wonders if this isn't -- subconsciously at least -- what's behind the incessant comparisions of Obama to Lincoln and Julius Caesar.)

Rather, the political and military dynamics I try to explain below are in the
context of a hypothetical civil war initiated by a tyrannical
administration. In that scenario, the killing of senior executives of
the murderous regime would not be murder, but, from one perspective
simple justice, and from another legitimate targets permissible under
the laws of war. (See Bill Clinton and Serbia, 1999).

As with everything I write, I'm trying avoid a civil war here, not start one. -- MBV