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.
CHRIS KYLEMY 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.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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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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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 have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
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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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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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The media cause more problems than they do good.
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Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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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.
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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 just want to get the bad guys but if I can’t see them, I can’t shoot 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’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
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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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I don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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There’s no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless or jobless.
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Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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None of my problems come from the people I’ve killed.
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I did want to be the top sniper.
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No, the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. And that you can do with a number of weapons.
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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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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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It is our duty to serve those who serve us.
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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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