I did want to be the top sniper.
CHRIS KYLEDecades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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I don’t know if I’m the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn’t be.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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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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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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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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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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I really don’t care what people think of me.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq. That’s why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy ‘savages.’ There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.
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It’s funny – sometimes the strongest individuals feel the worst when events are out of their control, and they can’t really be there for the people they love. I’ve felt it myself.
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I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
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I thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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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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