[Granny Bear]

I don't know what I put in my post that would get your emotions up. I merely brought up that they are now making daily news, after the movie is out, about several different things he told in his book that are false. I said he was a hero. I only stated that he lessoned that status, by writing falsehoods. Not that he is less of a hero, but with all the negative news, that status is being lessoned.

I don't pretend that I can answer for anyone else, but I do believe that Demarcus ware got his "emotions up" because he has had several opportunities to have his own ass covered by a sniper.....in Fallujah. Like I said, I don't KNOW this, but I highly suspect it.
Also all the lies that you mentioned, I only know of one that actually might be untrue. After all, have YOU read the book?

So, did Timothy McVeigh lesson his war hero status by bombing the building in OK, by your estimation? It is being said that Kyle had several friendly fire kills.

You never cease to amaze me by how you can distract from the original question, and end up comparing apples and oranges. I wouldn't put Timothy McVeigh in the same league as Chris Kyle. McVeigh may well have been a psychopath. Kyle ended up trying to help veterans who came home physically emotionally and mentally challenged.

I guess the analogy buzzed your head, as it flew right over. Any American soldier is a hero in my book, while they are in war. What they do when they get home can lessen that hero status. Kyle is/was a hero in my book, but his lies are taking away from that status in people's minds. Case in point, all the talk is about the lies in his book, and all the friendly fire talk. FTR, because Kyle fired a gun from a distance, and killed many enemy, is no more a hero than any other soldier fighting in war for America. I put no more hero status on Kyle than I do the tank driver that kills just as many enemy. That tank driver saved just as many lives, but it's not as glamorous as shooting 5000 yards. That's why I don't put him on a pedestal, like you guys are. The fact that they made a movie about him has you enamored. He has hero status with me because of his fighting, just like all the other fighters in war, and the fact that he tried to help those fellow fighters after they came home. He had no reason to make up all those stories he wrote about in the book, that are now coming to light as being false. He was a hero, without trying to build it up to the status he wrote about.

I never mean to minimize the contributions by any soldier during their active tours.

To add DW: You are no different than anybody else on this site. If someone doesn't agree with you, what they say is stupid.

Actually we are ALL different. I'm not a veteran, like DW is. DW isn't female like I am. And we all have different, if sometimes similar, opinions. We can also express those opinions. Freedom of speech, as it were.......

Thank you Chris Kyle for your contributions to ensuring one of our rights.