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Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.

Chris Kyle

The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.
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Law People Politics Protection Rule Shoot Try Worry Writing
Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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Mom Problem Solution Violence Yourself
But real life doesn’t travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn’t necessarily have that ‘all lived happily ever after’ bit. You have to work on where you’re going.
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Life Necessary Perfection Reality Work Yourself
Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I’ve done. I find it strange, but I also feel it’s my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened.
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Book Life Myself People Story Strange Talk
I really don’t care what people think of me.
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Care Myself People Thinking
What wounded veteran’s don’t need is sympathy. They need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.
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Equality Man Need Society Sympathy Value Wound
Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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Fight Greatness Preparation Protection War Way Win Yourself
People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.
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Face Forever Life Myself People Remember Save Situation Stay
Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them.
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In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.
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Death Experience Fight Mom Myself
You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
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Calm Heart Rate Shoot Slow Stay Yourself
Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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I’m trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it’s not just them at war – it’s also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.
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Battle Compassionate Family Hard Myself Try War
I’m just trying to get back to normal life.
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Life Myself Normal Ordinary Return Try
But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.
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Believe Death Deserve God Goodness Kill Myself Sin War
The media cause more problems than they do good.
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Goodness Media Problem
The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.
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Kill Myself Past Present Service
None of my problems come from the people I’ve killed.
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Kill Myself Problem
But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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Big Deal Feeling Kill Myself Wonder
I am not a fan of politics.
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Fans Myself One Liner Politics
I really don’t care what people think of me. I’ve got my family. I’ve got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don’t go around thumping people.
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Care Family Friendship Myself People Thinking Training
MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.
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I’m just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.
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Family Hell Man Money Myself Try
I don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
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Book Myself People Religious Shoot
In the end, my story, in Iraq and afterward, is about more than just killing people or even fighting for my country. It’s about being a man. And it’s about love as well as hate.
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You’re not just going out there, maybe sacrificing your own life. There’s also sacrifices still going on at home. You can serve in the military and have a good marriage, but you just need to be aware of it so you can take those steps to take care of it.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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