Fighting for freedom, family, friends, and the future, Chris Kyle became the United States’s deadliest sniper. In Hollywood he has been displayed as a hero in the Blockbuster film, American Sniper. Quickly it became the number one movie in America. After the movie’s release however, many arguments have been brought up saying that Chris Kyle is not a war hero, he is a war criminal. The story of Chris Kyle is amazing and heart provoking, but some say that it is a lie. They think that it is a scam put on by the Pentagon to create a glorified version of war, and influence Americans that war is great. This tactic was also used by Bismarck, the German leader in the late 1800s. However, Chris Kyle, is a American hero, who earned fame defending his home, with the scope of his rifle.
Born in Odessa, Texas, Chris Kyle grew up with a rifle in his hand. He was a good shot, but he or his parents never saw him to earn fame from it. Soon after 9-11 Kyle applied for a spot in the U.S. Marines and for his outstanding performance he was persuaded to join the Navy SEALs. He was placed into SEAL Team 3, sniper element Charlie. Kyle became good friends with these men through his training and they became a family by the time
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He faced many conflicts there. One of his first orders where to shoot a woman that was walking toward a group of marines, she appeared to be holding an IED. Kyle, in order to save his men had to execute his orders and he did. Later he commented in 2013 that after the first couple of kills, he began to cope with it more, instead of killing, he was saving American lives. With this outlook he overcame that struggle that many other American soldiers faced. Killing people was not easy for many American soldiers, taking a life is more than it seems. Confirming more and more kills Kyle became the deadliest sniper in American history. To his fellow soldiers he was a legend, a hero, and to his enemies, a