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 KYLEThere’s no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless or jobless.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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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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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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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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I thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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There’s no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless or jobless.
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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
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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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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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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’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 don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
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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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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 am not a fan of politics.
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I’m just trying to get back to normal life.
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Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
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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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The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.
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Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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I really don’t care what people think of me.
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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 did want to be the top sniper.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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