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JohninPA

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17. Canard would imply "untrue"

Reply to Darb (Reply #16)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 04:01 PM

Jan 2015

However, these events did indeed happen. I personally had garbage thrown at me by anti war protestors during a parade in Harrisburg, PA at the capitol after the first gulf war. Members of my family who served in Vietnam have had similar experiences. Face it, some on the extreme left hate not only the war but the warrior and freely express it (this thread for example). I am thankful we have people like Chief Kyle doing their best to protect my fellow soldiers from harm. He was right to have been proud of the lives he saved by his actions. You may not like my opinion, but I gave several years of my life and most of my right leg to pay for it.

Yes, I am little sensitive when people from my party disrespect my brothers and sisters in arms.

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Suspected 'American Sniper' Killer Eddie Ray Routh to Go to Trial [View all] Reter Jan 2015 OP

He rid us of a dangerous psychopath, but he did it in a way Kyle might have approved of. Aristus Jan 2015 #1

I would prefer to wait for the trial and the facts to come out.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #3

I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say Reter Jan 2015 #8

I'm not glad it happened to Kyle. Celebrating a death at the hands of a morally suspect gunman would Aristus Jan 2015 #9

If you read the New Yorker piece on him, you'd see Routh was exhibiting psychological Demit Jan 2015 #10

Kyle took a wounded vet with PTSD to a gun range for "therapy." What the heck? Hoyt Jan 2015 #2

He was trying a crude form of 'de-sensitivity training,' IIRC. freshwest Jan 2015 #4

I don't think his training qualified him for that call. Did he even graduate from High School? Hoyt Jan 2015 #5

To joint any military unit these days requires a HS diploma or GED Reter Jan 2015 #7

It was never suspected to be an accident. He shot and killed two people. Schema Thing Jan 2015 #12

gun humper logic Skittles Jan 2015 #23

Defense should be able strike every potential juror who has been exposed to commercials... Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #6

Especially since the movie apparently ends with Kyle's murder and funeral starroute Jan 2015 #11

I also saw the defense is trying unsuccessfully to get the trial moved Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #14

doesn't he belong in a hospital getting care for mental illness JI7 Jan 2015 #13

Not sure I'd ever trust him again Reter Jan 2015 #19

Disgusting JohninPA Jan 2015 #15

OOOh, the old "spitting on the soldiers" canard. Darb Jan 2015 #16

Canard would imply "untrue" JohninPA Jan 2015 #17

Kyle was a murderous douchebag who, in his own words, took pleasure in killing people. BlueStater Jan 2015 #18

I enjoy pissing on the graves of monsters. Bandit Jan 2015 #21

And Liberals Don't Spit on Soldiers? JohninPA Jan 2015 #22

Adios! Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #24

I'll put my service record up against yours any day of the week. Bandit Jan 2015 #25

Bye bye. You should go somewhere they like to ignore things in order to create a perfect world. jwirr Jan 2015 #28

You are being ignored now FiveGoodMen Jan 2015 #26

He was discharged from a mental hospital for major ptsd treatment a week before he killed. Sunlei Jan 2015 #20

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #27