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 KYLEWhat 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.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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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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The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay.
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I don’t have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally – I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.
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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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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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It’s not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That’s not a problem at all.
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One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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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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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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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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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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I just want to get the bad guys but if I can’t see them, I can’t shoot them.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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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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