Chris Kyle’s war was not my war. Don’t make the mistake of thinking the hit movie captures the truth of the Iraq conflict. I should know. I lived it.
By Garett Reppenhagen, Salon.com
February 1, 2015
I spent nights in Iraq lying prone and looking through a 12-power sniper scope. You only see a limited view between the reticles. That’s why it’s necessary to keep both eyes open. This way you have some ability to track targets and establish 360 degrees of awareness. I rotated with my spotter and an additional security team member to maintain vigilance and see the whole battlefield. I scrutinized every target in my scope to determine if they were a threat. Read more at Salon.com
“Courage to Resist puts the slogan of “support the troops but not the war” into practice every day. Their work to publicize and support the courage of GI resisters is an essential component of stopping the war machine.”
thankyou for your enlightenment.. many are now hopefully realizing this is a movie in question..
I was drafted during the Viet Nam era. It took 3 attempts by the draft board to finally contact me to let me know. The final letter came from the office of the Attorney General of The United States (if memory serves) threatening me that if I didn’t “surrender” to the nearest induction center that I would be prosecuted. I called them to let them know that I had been moving a lot since I was a student. I went to the Seattle induction center and to make a long story short, was not the most cooperative, and when asked if I was found physically fit did I intend to refuse service I said “absolutely, I will not be a party to American war crimes and crimes against humanity.” It was a very strange day, both liberating and terrorizing.