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.
CHRIS KYLEYou’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.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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I am not a fan of politics.
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I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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It’s not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That’s not a problem at all.
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People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.
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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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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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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 I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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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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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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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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