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I am not a fan of politics.
Im not a redneck, Im from Texas.
I did want to be the top sniper.
It is our duty to serve those who serve us.
I'm just trying to get back to normal life.
I really don't care what people think of me.
The media cause more problems than they do good.
I thought I should be stronger than was possible.
I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer.
None of my problems come from the people I've killed.
I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
I don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq.
I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.
Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
Great way to fight a war - be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
But even before I was in the military, I was extremely jumpy when asleep.
I just want to get the bad guys but if I can’t see them, I can’t shoot them.
War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.
Every time I kill someone, he can't plant an I.E.D. You don't think twice about it.
But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.
You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
It's not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That's not a problem at all.
If you see anyone from about sixteen to sixty-five and they’re male, shoot ’em. Kill every male you see.
The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.
No, the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. And that you can do with a number of weapons.
One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.
There's definitely still a lot of hurt from losing my guys or the fact that I got out and I felt like it wasn't my time yet.
I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.
When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going.
What wounded veteran's don't need is sympathy. THey need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.
In the end, my story, in Iraq and afterward, is about more than just killing people or even fighting for my country. It's about being a man. And it's about love as well as hate.
You're in a combat zone one day. You come home, and then you have to readjust, and it takes a few days. We just sit in the house, hang with the family and then things get better.
I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.
It's funny --- sometimes the strongest individuals feel the worst when events are out of their control, and they can't really be there for the people they love. I've felt it myself.
In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.
The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.
Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them.
I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don't go around thumping people.
The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay.
Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.