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Now, I see we might be getting confused with professionally trained, military type snipers. Obviously, they kill because they are instructed to. But why? There are obviously some deep mental issues torturing them, for them to be able to kill people. To be able to supress the conscious while you do it is a hard task, one I doubt I'd ever be able to carry out, my conscious, let alone my heart and brain wouldn't let me. The conwardness comes into play, because the people ordering the snipers to kill, are in fact being cowardly.
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Military snipers don't have a reason for being snipers other than the fact that some people are just better with rifles than they are with automatic weapons. Like it or not, the sniper rifle saves lives. A single sniper can take out up to ten men without even risking anything. That saves a group of 5 to 10 men armed with assault rifles going right into the fray. It avoids unnessacery deaths.
Not only do snipers safely take out dangerous teams of enemies, but they also provide vital intelligence info to standard foot-soldiers, by spying on the situation. They can relay tactical data to the right troops at the right time, again saving even more lives.
Conflict isn't preferable, but when it comes down to it, you've got to be prepared. Remorse is trained out of a soldier. Especially out of a sniper, since he has more time to think about what he is doing. But no soldier is there because there is something mentally wrong with him. He is there to protect his country. A fact that you should be greatful of.