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.
CHRIS KYLEBut I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
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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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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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It’s not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That’s not a problem at all.
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I don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
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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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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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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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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 thought I should be stronger than was possible.
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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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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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I am not a fan of politics.
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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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Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
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