Hero or Mass-Murdering Psycho?
December 31, 2014
Chris Kyle, “the deadliest sniper in military history.” Not everyone thinks he is a hero and the movie about him that was just released is a great thing. I certainly don’t. Max Blumenthal, a “left-leaning journalist” (not that being a right-leaning journalist is any better) has called Kyle a “mass murdering sniper.” Another journalist calls him “American psycho.” I agree with both designations, as I pointed out here when Mr. Kyle reaped what he sowed.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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