Let me start by saying God bless Chris Kyle and every other man and woman who dons the uniform to protect our country. I literally can't imagine having the strength of body and mind to be able to do what he did. That being said, I wish he hadn't written this book.
I have so much respect for our fighting men, and Kyle saw more combat than most. His story, while remarkable, comes across very poorly in this piece. He sounds like the blood thirsty, drunken moron that the liberal elite assume all soldiers, sailors, and Marines to be. I get where he is coming from, saying that he likes combat and killing our enemies. Its his job and he's very good at it. Its that kind of mind set, however, that makes the hippie liberals in this country wet their depends. To the Prius driving pussies among us, who feel that all of our foreign policy problems can be solved through good faith negotiation with, and massive concessions to, (lunatics who want to kill every last man, woman, and child who doesn't believe in their god) our enemies, however, Kyle is an evil cave dweller who has no place in modern society. The truth, that he and his brothers play a vital role in our national security, will never get through the chardonnay soaked conscious of these people. We have always needed men like Kyle to do the dirty work that needs to be done. There are just far too many vocal liberals out there who will use his words as damning evidence of the evils of America. Its really a shame.
You know what else this book made me realize? Kevin Garnett is an insufferable douche bag. This goes for every athlete who compares his or her sport to combat. Remember when he went on that post game tirade a few years back about how he and his teammates were 'soldiers' and they were going to show up with AK-47's and rocket launchers and every other weapon that came to his spoiled, self-important mind in their next game? Guess what, dick head, the opposition that guys like Kyle face really do show up with that shit. Every time. All you do is roll out a ball, pretend to be all hard (FTG), and cash big pay checks. You should get locked in a room with a Team Guy so he can show you what a battle really is. Asshole.... (In the spirit of full disclosure, I've known for a while now that Kevin Garnett is an insufferable douche bag. This book simply reminded me of that fact.)
So anyway, buy Kyle's book. Read his story and thank God that we have crazy mother fuckers like him to do that shit so you don't have to....
-Nats
