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I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.

Chris Kyle

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 get back to normal life.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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Calm Heart Rate Shoot Slow Stay Yourself
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. 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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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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Life Necessary Perfection Reality Work Yourself
Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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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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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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I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
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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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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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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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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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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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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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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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Family Hell Man Money Myself Try
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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Best Inspirational Motivational Myself Quit
MY 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.
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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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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 did want to be the top sniper.
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I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.

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