Didn't the Iraqis have some glorified sniper as well who the US tried to catch in his home country?
But yeah, a sniper is generally about as disgusting today as an archer or crossbowman was to a medieval knight.
On the other hand it's a bit weird to say that targeting people at home is disgusting when that is exactly what you're doing to the other people, too.
It's still scary and I hope it can be prevented though.