Clown.
Coach is WRONG!
How can you question the overwatch mission of an American Sniper?
What ignoramus asks why the sniper isn’t assigned to hit enemy leaders?
What ignoramus believes Jessie Ventura?
This falls in the category of “I don’t know the facts, so I’ll make something up.”
Boy did this guy get up on the wrong side of the bed. Not usual
for the bog site it was from but opinions are like ...
Anyway, we can all agree that we don’t want every kid growing up to long for a sniper role, but this fellow served with high distinction and honor. As a paid assassin he would certainly not been serving in a role that is universally recognized in just war concepts.
There can be no doubt that there is an emotional toll on a sniper and they suffer torment just any other combat veteran. However what civilians writing from the safety of their protected homes don’t understand, is the grim horror and reality of war. The enemy killed by this skillful shooter never killed or maimed another American soldier. Any veteran knows exactly what that means, armchair civilian pop psychologists don’t have a clue.
The political class doesn’t start assination campaigns because they do not want to get shot in return - think ‘professional courtesy’.
There is something very wrong with someone who would write that.
“...how is his career fundamentally different from Richard Kuklinski, the notorious Iceman?”
Well, let’s see here, one killed for fun and profit, and the other killed in service to his country. How hard is that to grasp?
“Why do we have Marquess of Queensberry rules that seem to prohibit killing the very leaders who are promoting these wars in the first place?”
Seriously? I can give you about a dozen reasons for that, but a few will suffice.
#1 - The current enemy is not dependent on leaders, so taking out their leaders will not stop them.
#2 - It’s never wise to give your enemy a martyr, especially when you have put in a lot of effort to demoralize them.
#3 - It’s a violation of international and domestic laws.
#4 - If we assassinate foreign leaders, then foreign countries feel free to assassinate our leaders in return.
Killing enemy leaders? I agree whole heartedly. He should have been transported back in time to kill Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
incoherent piece
Arguably, many of Kyle’s targets are soldiers doing their thing, albeit for the other side, and are probably nowhere near as “bad” as the Mafia scumbags offed by Kuklinski.False.
Good point. We used to. Eisenhower or JFK probably would have taken out Erdogan, as we should now.
WARRIOR .. until the writer understands what a “warrior” is and always has been .. they will never be able to answer any of the why’s.
Chris Kyle was a WARRIOR. He was fashioned and born for that purpose. The ordinary life of a wife and kids and the picket fence was not why he was born. He was born to save the lives of thousands of young men who were born to be husbands, fathers, with the white picket fence.
Until people can grasp that .. save the tears and the questions .. because people will never understand.
To get a glimpse into the WARRIOR personna, people should read more of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor books. They epitomize what a true WARRIOR really is. They are the most un-superficial people you will ever meet .. and that’s why they seem to be emotionless.
Yes I agree, why didn’t Kyle go back in time and kill Hitler? Actually he could have pleased liberals as well by forcing Hitlers mother have an abortion, but then on the other hand all those Jews wouldn’t have been killed which would have also displeased them.
Great movie saw it last night
The article says more about the attention seeking (oh, I’m SUCH a contrarian) Michael D. Shaw who patched together this hit piece than it does about Chris Kyle. The “valiant” Michael Shaw is demonstrating his jealousy and shortcomings...and nothing more. I’m sure Jesse Ventura loves Shaw.
Coach is an @$$#01e.
The writer seems to have forgotten the "playing cards" during the Iraq war, the list of "high-value targets" we were going after. And he seems not to have noticed that taking out leaders is what the drone strikes do.
Actually, the writer seems to be a bit dim.