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February 4, 2015

American Sniper As Reviewed by a Soldier

It’s vitally important that we Americans don’t rape, murder and pillage; to emphasize that importance, I wrote a long series on American soldiers who committed a horrible rape and multiple murders in Iraq.

But Maher and his buddies who think we should never happily kill enemy just don’t understand us. They’d handicap us by having us dread the fight, when we should leave the wire eager for combat. Soldiers who hope to avoid contact are at an automatic disadvantage when a contact starts, but soldiers who want combat come alive when the first shot is fired. I’d much rather have troops who embrace war, like Kyle, covering my back than “soldiers” who dread it. Or brave Twitter warriors like Michael Moore who I believe would shed his uniform, drop his rifle and abandon his countrymen at the first hint of danger.
On one hand, I should respect the opinions of Moore and his ilk. After all, civilian oversight of the military is crucial to democracy.
On the other hand, screw them. I could give a damn if some latent coward who has never and would never serve looks down his nose at me. My biggest regret in Afghanistan was having enemy in my sights but not being allowed to kill them; my biggest hope is that the one time I might have killed an enemy, I actually did. One of my happiest memories is of watching Kiowas and Apaches pounding hidden, trapped Taliban, and later learning five were killed. I would never feel happiness at the deaths of civilians, but I was ecstatic at the deaths of our enemies.
My Review of American Sniper | chrishernandezauthor

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 4, 2015 6:45 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

Your Say

War. Yes we are in a war. Our enemy is Islam. The purpose of War is to destroy the enemy. That is, to eliminate his ability or will to continue to fight. We, meaning the West have not achieved our goal because our Commander in Chief is a coward and it would appear a Muslim or Muslim sympathizer.

Our people in the theater are targets of the so called followers of the religion of peace. Maybe sub-humans is a better term to describe the enemy. They must be eliminated to the last cretin.

Kris Kyle was under orders from the United States Government. Which is and has been a laughable farce. Kyle did his job. The used corn cobs such as Michael Moore and the rest of the leftist turds are the cowards.

Posted by: Terry [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 4, 2015 8:29 AM

"...having enemy in my sights but not being allowed to kill them..."

The rules of engagement have screwed up operations. I think that when folks say they were "tired" of the wars in Iq and Af, it was because the conflicts dragged on because of the ROE (as well as interference by our brilliant politicians, JAG lawyers, and democrats-with-bylines). Our guys weren't allowed to complete the steps of find, fix, close with, and destroy the enemy.

Posted by: OldFert [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 5, 2015 1:07 PM

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