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redgreenandblue

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66. So you consider the Iraqis your enemies?

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:05 PM

Feb 2013

I don't.

The US attacked Iraq. So the US was in the wrong and Iraq was in the right.

I have a German mother and dual citizenship. I don't go around praising the German heros of Stalingrad. This is a lesson that Americans still need to learn.

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Chris Kyle ran a nonprofit that provided fitness equipment for wounded veterans. [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2013 OP

Thanks for posting this. 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #1

For reference WilliamPitt Feb 2013 #2

Message auto-removed pookieLOL Feb 2013 #29

You have no class and no life hrmjustin Feb 2013 #30

wrong. he is spot on. unless you think I deserve to be murdered too pasto76 Feb 2013 #34

That was a troll that responds too will pitt everyday causing trouble. I was not speaking to the hrmjustin Feb 2013 #35

I meant no disrespect at all to you. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #42

As I said, then every single Service Member deserves death obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #21

Here is what Chris Kyle had to say about those with loved ones in the fight: redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #63

he also defended the guy who shot a bunch of afghan civilians JI7 Feb 2013 #75

You could, Chris Kyle wouldn't Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2013 #76

"You let them try and kill us" RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #78

it's the whole us and them thing, THEY are the bad ones JI7 Feb 2013 #80

He did more than that nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #3

An obvious good guy BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #4

There's good and bad in all jehop61 Feb 2013 #5

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #44

I agree all of them are tragic, including the 250 lives taken by Kyle Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #6

It was a fellow Marine a Reserve Corporal who shot him , though. KoKo Feb 2013 #9

That does not make it better or worse Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #11

the person who killed him had PTSD and Kyle felt the way to help him was to take him to the gun JI7 Feb 2013 #15

Hey...it's an interesting event and to see what comes out after we find out more KoKo Feb 2013 #16

I am not angry and I do know what happened Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #18

I agree with what you say...being "Peace" person...but, it will be interesting to KoKo Feb 2013 #24

Message auto-removed Not1moreNeocon Feb 2013 #45

That is a false analogy, Kyle did not kill 250 Hitlers Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #49

the allegations and insinuation that PTSD was the motive here are baseless pasto76 Feb 2013 #36

Well that's very Panglossian. I'm far more cynical cali Feb 2013 #10

I don't believe we can stop all the killing, but we should still try to stop all the killing Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #13

well, not all, but certainly the vast majority cali Feb 2013 #7

Thank you. Mister Ed Feb 2013 #8

that was a sarcastic reply by me, *with the sarcasm icon included*, because i thought dionysus Feb 2013 #46

I'm very, very sorry to have misunderstood and misattributed you. Mister Ed Feb 2013 #48

sure thing, we're cool. dionysus Feb 2013 #54

I'd never heard of him before yesterday Schema Thing Feb 2013 #12

And then...there's the "battles of Fallujah" that he participated in... KoKo Feb 2013 #19

Well yeah, Fallujah was his job. Schema Thing Feb 2013 #25

it seems like a mental episode with the gun shots triggering it JI7 Feb 2013 #27

maybe Schema Thing Feb 2013 #31

Nicely put. But I wonder why he needed to? Shouldn't the govt provide it? The Straight Story Feb 2013 #14

i don't think the govt provides fitness equipment, maybe they might have some centers JI7 Feb 2013 #17

He had his own company...doing private security training. The place he was shot KoKo Feb 2013 #22

Some of the Chris Kyle posts are really appalling obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #20

He is another victim of the senseless gun violence plagueing this country. madinmaryland Feb 2013 #23

This event is different in many ways, though. Marine on Marine Killing? KoKo Feb 2013 #28

Yours is one of the most intelligent posts i have found. kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #52

Thanks Will. nt XRubicon Feb 2013 #26

+1!!!!! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #32

"Blame the victim" - which I thought most of us jazzimov Feb 2013 #33

Everyone thinks PTSD makes you that "crazy" guy. JohLast Feb 2013 #50

"17" are the ways that I can presently calculate the way this will be unfairly spun, WillPitt. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #37

People are being jerks about it. Robb Feb 2013 #38

I'm not 'gloating' at all ca3799 Feb 2013 #39

So - He Atoned For His Actions With Good Deeds - Does Not Mitigate The Crimes On Societie's Behalf cantbeserious Feb 2013 #40

This gentleman was a decorated hero and, seemingly a charitable soul..... Swamp Lover Feb 2013 #41

He was not a hero. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #53

Perhaps I should be more clear. This man stood up when called, and carried his share of the load... Swamp Lover Feb 2013 #55

He wasn't called sadalien Feb 2013 #56

No one who volunteers gets to choose where they go, and for the most part, how they serve. Swamp Lover Feb 2013 #57

You are implying that the Iraq war "made people safe"? redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #59

Can't believe people on this board are actually defending this piece of shit. sadalien Feb 2013 #83

I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #91

You Are so Wrong dballance Feb 2013 #58

And if I were to praise Iraqi troops for their heroism? redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #60

Your Argument to Praise Iraqi Troops Fails dballance Feb 2013 #64

So you consider the Iraqis your enemies? redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #66

Get Serious. If UR On the Battlefield Shooting At Opposing Forces They're Enemies dballance Feb 2013 #70

But I am not on the battlefield. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #73

There were some damn heroic Iraqi soldiers, fighting with us and against us Recursion Feb 2013 #88

No. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #89

Couldn't agree more. Swamp Lover Feb 2013 #79

Huh? Recursion Feb 2013 #87

As I said earlier, my nephew is a sniper in the Marine Corps derby378 Feb 2013 #43

thanks for post Will bench scientist Feb 2013 #47

He was a sociopath with delusions of grandeur. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #51

You have no clue who he was, and I doubt you are qualified to even make those diagnosis. SQUEE Feb 2013 #61

I have a clue who he was. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #62

I agree with you. Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2013 #65

Again, you have no idea who he was.. SQUEE Feb 2013 #67

I simply take him by his words. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #69

You've read have you? SQUEE Feb 2013 #72

Studs Terkels' The Good War- An Oral History of WW2 LanternWaste Feb 2013 #77

or another theory, one far less exciting... SQUEE Feb 2013 #68

Wow....you're talking about OTHER posters engaging in armchair analysis while posting.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #85

oh, hi.. nice to see you. SQUEE Feb 2013 #90

I have done no gloating whatsoever over his tragic murder... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #71

I'm sure some of the 150+ men he murdered also gave to charity LittleBlue Feb 2013 #74

Murder? He was a solider doing his job SpartanDem Feb 2013 #81

right-wing myth sadalien Feb 2013 #82

I never talked to a single Vietnam vet who claimed he was spit at, or on, while in uniform.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #84

well, there are some who don't automatically view all soldiers as heroes quinnox Feb 2013 #86

Sorry...too bad he died, but he's an example of our gun culture gone nuts... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #92