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.
CHRIS KYLEThe 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.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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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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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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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 am not a fan of politics.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.
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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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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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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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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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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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