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In reply to the discussion: 'American Sniper' widow speechless after rifle raffle [View all]MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)94. Funny how we get away from that cogent point, isn't it?
I am therefore expecting that a movie about blood for oil will hit number one at the box office if they feature a lot of heads exploding in red mist with an oil gusher in the background.
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And the souls of all those whose lives he took, including the child he claimed to have wavered over,
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#9
Not a hero just a SEAL sniper doing his job well , 4 tours and 200 or so kills
glasshouses
Jan 2015
#8
Again, he made the claim. That alone makes him lower scum than anybody in Al Queda
MohRokTah
Jan 2015
#22
there is not a single doubt in my mind that he did shoot people in new orleans
TimeToEvolve
Jan 2015
#143
When someone confesses to something that heinous, I'm inclined to believe them.
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#34
Just as I thought, you can't produce the post, so you keep on repeating yourself.
GGJohn
Jan 2015
#79
So, again, there's no proof that he actually shot people during the Katrina disaster. eom.
GGJohn
Jan 2015
#104
Ok, so post the proof that he actually did shoot and kill people during Katrina.
GGJohn
Jan 2015
#112
Sounds less like a confession and more like tall tales we tell when drunk to me.
EX500rider
Jan 2015
#124
No doubt, many half-wits and idiots will congratulate him for alleging to kill American civilians...
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#146
Proven??? Hasn't been proven...like we should even consider that he DID shoot Katrina victims????
a kennedy
Jan 2015
#51
just like the rightwing and global warming - they have different opinions as well , all of them
belzabubba333
Jan 2015
#102
And I am saying American's whose live he took for no reason would disagree with you. eom
MohRokTah
Jan 2015
#41
Well he related the one story to his biographer Mooney. RU calling your hero a liar to his own
lunasun
Jan 2015
#50
Well post 35 is where I got it from . If you believe he is a liar then what makes you
lunasun
Jan 2015
#74
So the child he killed wasn't innocent? And we had no enemies in Iraq. He killed innocent people
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#40
We were in that child's country. If any foreign invaders come to this country I guess you would
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#63
He was doing his job. Doesn't make him a hero or a villain. What is important is what you brought
still_one
Jan 2015
#89
I believe I did point out that we were the bad guys there. Bad guys doing their jobs are villains,
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#96
yes you did. No one "forced" anyone to be part of the illegal Iraq war since there was no draft,
still_one
Jan 2015
#109
I had Marine Scout sniper stuck in my head for some reason when writing that
glasshouses
Jan 2015
#76
I'm hoping she uses this for the foundation she started to help military wives who lost loved ones
glasshouses
Jan 2015
#85
"Sarah Palin and American Sniper Widow Taya Kyle Team Up for Charity Event"
PoliticAverse
Jan 2015
#71
I think it is ironic that no one asks anymore why we invaded Iraq in the first place? It sure
still_one
Jan 2015
#84
Yuck. A state sanctioned serial killer is glorified in film, and the crowds go WILD!!!
underahedgerow
Jan 2015
#88
The clever ones will claim they are not glorifying the guy while pointing out how many Americans
NoJusticeNoPeace
Jan 2015
#130
these suckers of Satan's cock have absolutely no respect for LIFE whatsoever.
TimeToEvolve
Jan 2015
#140