Well gee, I'm reading the book and so far it is about a SEAL who loved his country and happened to be in the right place at the right time to get the most kills as a sniper. He also picked up a bunch of medals during his service.
 It's a gun ho book but what do you expect, it is about war and how one person who loved what he did survived.
 I'll wait till the movie hits cable before making any judgment on it, so far the book is a good read.
Wasn't Pat Tillman the service man who got killed by friendly fire and then had the incident covered up? Don't understand the connection between the two.

Come on JOG, the Spanish Americian war was started when the battleship "Maine" blew up. After beating the snot out of the Spanish it turned up tha the Maine blew up from a mechanical malfunction. It's been going on for a real long time.
 Your are ranting about the way it is done, I agree with you but we stand a snowballs chance in he!! to change the system.
 Tillman stood for what he believed as did Cris Kyle in American Sniper. Think most people are more worried about the weekend game than who runs the country. We all need heros, if not who do we look up to.
 I've my dogs !!!

Jog, I mentioned the "Maine" because it another example of misinformation and coverups that have been going on long before we were born and will be going on long after we are dead. I was agreeing with you not trying to disprove anything you think.
 Even if everything you state is true there is NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT !!! quit giving yourself high blood pressure.
 I'm done, need a new tin foil hat

I've read through this thread and dont wanna get wrapped up in all the conspiracy talk but did wanna comment. I served as a CCT in the airforce from 93-99 and was attached to several ranger and seal teams and got to meet quite a few of the best shooters this country has ever trained. I was deployed with a JTACs team during operation Gothic Serpent in Mogadishu. For those of you not familiar that's where the "Blackhawk Down" movie came from. I spent 3 years in Kuwait/Iraq during the 1st gulf war and numerous USSOCOM high profile deployments. The story although shined around the edges for Hollywood painted a pretty solid picture of the mentality of a man who's job was that of Kyle's. I saw a lot of awful stuff and in service of my country took part in plenty of "police actions" that even a simple man would question the validity of.  Years later I've questioned things but while I was in that uniform I was given a job to do and nothing else mattered besides completing said job. I've spent so e years in therapy. Delt with PTSD and everything associated with it. I ended up become a chef even though I was a certified air traffic controller through combat just because I wanted to separate myself from the mental strain of active duty.

thumperclone wrote on 03/11/15 at 22:14:07:



Thumper it was an honor to do what I did and even with all the after duty problems if I could do it all over again I wouldn't change any of it.

Ed L. wrote on 03/10/15 at 19:50:52:

I love your dogs... and I don't even know them...
No dog does anything without his full heart in it...
I know that......