Blogpost # 6: Inside the Mind of a Sniper

"Chris Kyle"

Have you ever thought what a sniper thought about? Well you came to the right place we'll be talking about the things a sniper thinks about.

According to the article The psychology of snipers: In new book, U.S. sniper calls Iraqi “savages” by Melville House it talked about the deadliest sniper in the US named Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle was just an ordinary guy, he worked as a poker dealer and met a man named Bill a former sniper from Vietnam. Chris Kyle then signed up for the military after befriending Bill. Chris Kyle also has the highest confirmed sniper kills of 255 people feeling superior he refers to these targets as "savages" and said "Every person I killed I strongly believe that that they were bad". In my opinion I think Chris is one hell of a dangerous guy. Adding that he said that every person he kills is a bad guy, I think its a bit blind of him cause he would really never know if the person he killed was actually bad or not.

Chris Kyle during the 2nd battle of Fallujah

Another article named What goes on in the mind of a sniper? by Stephanie Hegarty that talked about how snipers almost never call the people they kill targets, or animals but instead call them warriors. Most snipers even say when they are given a target they develop an intimate relationship after watching the thru there scopes after a number of days. But some snipers also tend to dehumanize there targets due to the fact that they have power over them. 

"It's killing that is very distant but also very personal"

As I said snipers are cheaters when it comes to warfare. You don't see them but they see you. And I get how some snipers would get intimate because if you were given a mission to watch over a target like for months im sure you would get to know the target if you watched him/her for months or even weeks.

Snipers are kind of weird when you get to know what they think about when they're on the job. But weird or not these guys are still pretty badass especially Kris Kyle.