"I was an American Sniper .... "

Rockstar · 02-02-15, 01:18 AM

I have seen plenty of opinions and reviews of the latest Clint Eastwood movie American Sniper. All polarized along the same political lines and rhetoric. This one I think was a pretty good opinion and offered an excellent bit of advice for all of us.

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/i_wa...urce=pulsenews

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My war was completely different than Chris Kyle’s war. That doesn’t mean his war is wrong, and mine was right. But it does mean that no one experience is definitive...

If you really want to be a patriotic American, keep both eyes open and maintain 360 degrees of awareness. Don’t simply watch “American Sniper.” Read other sources, watch other films about the conflict. Talk to as many veterans as you can, get a full perspective on the war experience and the consequences. Ensure the perceived enemy in your vision is what it seems

Stealhead · 02-02-15, 07:09 AM

No two people experience war the same way there are easily a million vets of WWII,Korea,Vietnam, Iraq,Afghanistan you'd get one million different stories from each one.

CCIP · 02-02-15, 01:05 PM

Great article and a point well-made

Catfish · 02-02-15, 01:36 PM

I agree. Seems to be the real man, and opinion

ReallyDedPoet · 02-02-15, 03:09 PM

I'll read this article later, thanks for posting

Different perspectives is always a good thing.

Vince82 · 02-02-15, 03:39 PM

Spot on!

Iraqis are our fellow human beings.

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There are some incredible documentaries on the subject. “Occupation: Dreamland” (edit: watched about half of it: not recommendable) and “Restrepo” capture the life of a service member in a modern deployment without sugarcoating the hard political environment that is a backdrop to the conflicts.

I'm planning to watch those.

Stealhead · 02-02-15, 06:25 PM

Honestly I found the author (who wrote the book) to come across as being very narcissistic seeing him on TV once or twice before he got killed. Just my opinion not saying her was a bad person. Anyway for that reason I don't have any interest in the film.

I'd would add to the previously mentioned docs the film Hornets Nest which about an Army unit in Afghanistan. You can better formulate an opinion with those docs. Sebastian Younger did another doc called Kongral as well.

Subnuts · 02-03-15, 04:38 PM

Reading the IMDB board for American Sniper makes me want to slit my wrists.

Platapus · 02-03-15, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Subnuts

Reading the IMDB board for American Sniper makes me want to slit my wrists.

Why? What could possibly be written there that would have that much effect on your opinions of the issue?

02-02-15, 01:05 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Great article and a point well-made __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	I'll read this article later, thanks for posting Different perspectives is always a good thing. __________________ Back in the Day

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Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Reading the IMDB board for American Sniper makes me want to slit my wrists. __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

02-02-15, 07:09 AM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	No two people experience war the same way there are easily a million vets of WWII,Korea,Vietnam, Iraq,Afghanistan you'd get one million different stories from each one.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I agree. Seems to be the real man, and opinion

02-02-15, 06:25 PM	#7
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Honestly I found the author (who wrote the book) to come across as being very narcissistic seeing him on TV once or twice before he got killed. Just my opinion not saying her was a bad person. Anyway for that reason I don't have any interest in the film. I'd would add to the previously mentioned docs the film Hornets Nest which about an Army unit in Afghanistan. You can better formulate an opinion with those docs. Sebastian Younger did another doc called Kongral as well.