An American Sniper

[Sideways]

Clint Eastwood recently finished a movie on Chris Kyle, the U S Military's deadliest sniper, taken from accounts in Kyle's autobiography.
I'm looking forward to its release in jan 2015. Probably will be one of the rare times I actually go to a movie theater.
Here's a link with info on the movie along with a teaser trailer.

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

I didn't even know Chris Kyle was dead let alone murdered.


Here's another famous sniper to whet your appetite.

 

[Sideways]

I didn't even know Chris Kyle was dead let alone murdered.


Here's another famous sniper to whet your appetite.

Its tragic what happened to him.
I've seen those shows on the history channel, very interesting shows imo. I particularly like the story on Carlos Hathock, the marine sniper in Vietnam. I bet he had a lot of interesting stories to tell.

 

[74IN]

Its tragic what happened to him.
I've seen those shows on the history channel, very interesting shows imo. I particularly like the story on Carlos Hathock, the marine sniper in Vietnam. I bet he had a lot of interesting stories to tell.

Yes he did...

 

[74IN]

Yes he did...

Unlike Kyle, Hathcock was truthful.

Kyle claimed to kill 30 looters in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

"
The SEALs began telling stories, and Kyle offered a shocking one. In the days after Hurricane Katrina, he said, the law-and-order situation was dire. He and another sniper travelled to New Orleans, set up on top of the Superdome, and proceeded to shoot dozens of armed residents who were contributing to the chaos. Three people shared with me varied recollections of that evening: the first said that Kyle claimed to have shot thirty men on his own; according to the second, the story was that Kyle and the other sniper had shot thirty men between them; the third said that she couldn’t recall specific details.
Had Kyle gone to New Orleans with a gun? Rumors of snipers—both police officers and criminal gunmen—circulated in the weeks after the storm. Since then, they have been largely discredited. A spokesman for U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, told me, “To the best of anyone’s knowledge at SOCOM, there were no West Coast SEALs deployed to Katrina.” When I related this account to one of Kyle’s officers, he replied, sardonically, “I never heard that story.” The SEAL with extensive experience in special-mission units wondered how dozens of people could be shot by high-velocity rifles and just disappear; Kyle’s version of events, he said, “defies the imagination.” (In April, Webb published an article on SOFREP about the incident, but took it down after concluding that Kyle’s account was dubious.)"

From....

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/in-the-crosshairs

 

[Mudfoot]

Yep! Kyle is a tool. Screw his movie!

 

[Sideways]

Unlike Kyle, Hathcock was truthful.

Kyle claimed to kill 30 looters in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

"
The SEALs began telling stories, and Kyle offered a shocking one. In the days after Hurricane Katrina, he said, the law-and-order situation was dire. He and another sniper travelled to New Orleans, set up on top of the Superdome, and proceeded to shoot dozens of armed residents who were contributing to the chaos. Three people shared with me varied recollections of that evening: the first said that Kyle claimed to have shot thirty men on his own; according to the second, the story was that Kyle and the other sniper had shot thirty men between them; the third said that she couldn’t recall specific details.
Had Kyle gone to New Orleans with a gun? Rumors of snipers—both police officers and criminal gunmen—circulated in the weeks after the storm. Since then, they have been largely discredited. A spokesman for U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, told me, “To the best of anyone’s knowledge at SOCOM, there were no West Coast SEALs deployed to Katrina.” When I related this account to one of Kyle’s officers, he replied, sardonically, “I never heard that story.” The SEAL with extensive experience in special-mission units wondered how dozens of people could be shot by high-velocity rifles and just disappear; Kyle’s version of events, he said, “defies the imagination.” (In April, Webb published an article on SOFREP about the incident, but took it down after concluding that Kyle’s account was dubious.)"

From....

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/in-the-crosshairs

Its funny how that story came out AFTER he died, and was told to a reporter by a supposed "pal" or "buddy". Besides, any story told by a source with new york in its name, I take with a grain of salt.

I don't care if Kyle told this story or not. I don't care if he knocked jesse ventura's ass out (I hope that ones true). I don't care if he shot two men trying to steal his truck. I'm interested in his highly decorated military career, 4 tours in iraq, and his work with veterans after the war.

Whether he embelished on a couple stories or not, doesn't take away the fact that he saved countless numbers of troops. He does have the most confirmed kill by a U.S. sniper. And he was working with veterans that suffered PTSD when he was killed.

Like so many others who have served this great country, he is an American hero. To call him a liar because of some bs you read on the internet, is totally disrespectful imo.

Yep! Kyle is a tool. Screw his movie!

Tool; a device or implement used to carry out a particular function.
Yep! a quite useful and skilled tool he was.

 

[74IN]

Its funny how that story came out AFTER he died, and was told to a reporter by a supposed "pal" or "buddy". Besides, any story told by a source with new york in its name, I take with a grain of salt.

I don't care if Kyle told this story or not. I don't care if he knocked jesse ventura's ass out (I hope that ones true). I don't care if he shot two men trying to steal his truck. I'm interested in his highly decorated military career, 4 tours in iraq, and his work with veterans after the war.

Whether he embelished on a couple stories or not, doesn't take away the fact that he saved countless numbers of troops. He does have the most confirmed kill by a U.S. sniper. And he was working with veterans that suffered PTSD when he was killed.

Like so many others who have served this great country, he is an American hero. To call him a liar because of some bs you read on the internet, is totally disrespectful imo.



Tool; a device or implement used to carry out a particular function.
Yep! a quite useful and skilled tool he was.

A jury decided that he was, indeed, a liar.