Guy they made the movie about was a proven liar multiple times, Why he lost the first court case and why his Moneysucking wife lost the second one, and yet she is suing again to another effort to get money.
This is the man who was quoted saying "Yeah I shot an 87 year old woman in Iraq and I enjoyed it, And if I could I'd do it again"
Sorry but I won't give Clint or this guys family one red cent, War isn't something that's fun or funny and he lapped it up and was killed because of his ignorance.
This is a propaganda film first and foremost in an effort to get Americans ramped up for another 12 years of combat.
(Information based from friends in the military and family who are waking up screaming help because we are about to start the middle eastern Crusades 3.0 if we embrace this insanity one more time)
Someone queue up Toby Queefs- Courtesy of the Red , White and Blue.
Propaganda to get america ready for another 12 years of combat? Ya i dunno about that.. bit of a stretch. I don't think the american public has any appetite for another war, especially a ground war..
if you put any stock into polls, and the way they have been trending for years now.. I think it's quite the opposite.
"I" personally feel like the iraq war was a mistake. They invaded the wrong country. Iraq didn't attack the United states on September 11th, Afghanistan did (or at least you can make a link and make an argument) as far as where some of the plots, personal and funding came from..
And hell, iraq was far more stable under that inhuman dictator saddam than it is now, by a mile. . Sure.. the guy was evil as they come and people were oppressed but the country was far safe, there wasn't suicide bombs going off practically EVERY day, yes it was controlled by fear, and that by any means is not ideal, but now it's just a complete shit storm, the ultimate power vacuum, yearly death rate more than tripled
And to speak of the $$ they blew, dear god, literally TRILLIONS of dollars, spent on a patch of dirt halfway across the world. Was perfect for the military industrial complex, but for the average citizen? Instead of its government INVESTING those same trillions of dollars back into its OWN country, instead of taking that same money and spending it on infrastructure, health, education, all the things that used to be funded extensively the american people had to swallow it in the name of being "kept safe", in the name of security! We will protect you, we just need to spend billions of your money and be in debt to china and foreigners for eternity. It wil be worth it they said, don't worry!
it seems insane right? You literally have some cities CRUMBLING from lack of money, funds, and infrastructure. Bridges falling down, roads and highways in desperate need of repair
China and Asia are building super fast rail links between all their cities and america is still chugging along on amtrak 1970s trains and lines.
America literally invented the modern world. Medical breakthroughs, the Internet, so many of the things we take for granted today came out of government funded projects.
My point is..
Even with my views on the war as a whole and America's fuck ups (which im sure some people on here might take offence to and disagree with) even with me thinking that war was a horrible idea and the bush admin cooked the books with the Intel to "sell" the war to the American people, weapons of mass destruction they said! They got nukes! They didn't... Even with all that said. It is simply irrelevant.
The sniper/Kyle was ONE man, he was not the president, he wasn't university educated, wasn't some cia op with access to hundreds of thousands of documents to study and debate with himself the moral rights, justifications, or finer points of geo political affairs and morality, good god.
he was one man, one soldier, one sniper, serving his country
And that is one of the most honorable, brave, and real things one could ever do in life
Takes guts, it takes something special to risk your life for what you think is right and to leave everything and be dropped into some hell hole where everyone there is trying to kill you
It easy for you to sit behind your computer and criticize the guy.. hes this, hes that
In my mind, he was a hero, and compared to him, I would be what you would call a coward. I don't wanna die, I don't wanna put myself in danger, I wanna sit in my home, safe, il admit it. I'd never have those kinda guts and heart,
Instead of helping people with PTSD and trying to do some good in my life and ultimately get shot and killed by one of my own as a reward I'm here on the uo gamers mesage board and playing ultima online
Go look in the mirror at your own life before you even begin to cricize something you will probably never know, experience, or be able to even begin to quantify
Shame on you
