Well for one thing “the top” was not quite what it has become, and the gentleman hadn’t written his book and gotten famous. At the time he was just another recently-discharged veteran.
It’d be like trying to blame the Cubans or the Mafia if JFK had been shot in Boston in 1946.
Lets cut to the chase, there ain't no "top" that authorized the killing of Kyle nor was there any "top" that ordered the scrubbing of Kyle's alleged killing of two thugs back in 2009........
I'm not surprised that the two individuals I posted those claims to have quietly ignored them..........