Snipes have no connection with snipers at all !

Birds with long thin beaks that live mainly in wet areas (snipes) have nothing in common with shooters/killers (snipers) who hide to kill people out of the blue ! Only one consonant  " r  " makes a great dangerous difference to the meanings of these two words : snipes and snipers.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/snipe_1

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/sniper

Unfortunately we do not have many oportunities to watch snipes flying in the skies or over our rivers and lakes ! On the other hand, snipers (shooters/killers ) appear many more times on our streets, screens and newspapers showing several people who have been shot by snipers in different places all over the world !

The latest news (July 8th )  from Dallas,Texas,U.S.A  showed  what happened downtown, unexpectedly , when some black citizens were protesting along the streets and the shooters ( snipers ) had several policemen as their target this time !

Watch the video below to have an idea of how people have felt about  this terrible shooting that killed at least 4 policemen and hurt some others. 

By the way, you probably still remember Clint Eastwood's 34th film: American Sniper ( a biopic of Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife).Bradley Cooper played Kyle as " a man torn between duty,family and a seemingly unending war " .Was it the finest role of his career?  Have you watched any of his other performances that you preferred to this one ?

You may read more about this controversial flick  American Sniper clicking on the links below and watch its official trailer too,ok ? Enjoy !

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/movies/american-sniper-a-clint-eastwood-film-starring-bradley-cooper.html?_r=0

 http://time.com/3747428/clint-eastwood-american-sniper-anti-war/