'American Sniper': What Happened in Real Life After the Movie Fades to Black

[PortDawg]

Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

Seeing the tent city made me think of Balad. Also, you see the cargo the guy in the flight suit was messing with? The cargo even had side and top nets.

Yeah..noticed that also...and the sandstorm....14 days straight of that crap...

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Defib1961

Our station is located about 400 yards from where this guy is housed. Each time we have to respond to the jail, we walk right past Eddie Ray Routh's cell. He is of course locked up behind two doors and we rarely see or hear him. All the deputies I know as well as the jailers all say he is perfectly aware of what he did and hasn't denied anything.

From what I have been told, he will be convicted, 99.9% chance of it. The main question, will the punishment fit the crime. When he was first incarcerated, he would refuse to take any of his meds and the guy was a real basket case. Knowing what he had done was a major factor. Back on his meds now, he is a calmer person but anyone that comes in contact with him is instantly on edge as to be expected.

From what I understand, asking for the death penalty was ruled out because it was felt an insanity plea would defeat it. He will get life, I am just not real sure he deserves that much consideration.

God DAMN crooked legal system, so the fix is already IN and we get to pay for this ASSHOLES R&B for the rest of his sorry assed life....WHY???

WTF is the MATTER with this nation anymore, think those clowns in these prisons are worth a shit?? so some lawyer can drag out the obfuscate the obvious to the oblivious observers??? BULLCRAP@!@!! time to toss the God DAMNED LIBERALS into the jail cells with these animals for a week each, see what happens to their thought/lack of process THEN......

30 years ago I had a security systems job that flipped me in/out of those garden spots, like inside ATTICA , yes the place that Rocky ordered the clowns shot off the walls, the MAX ward the riots took place in......HUGE gray wall just off the main road through town.....

[7t9l82]

p.t.s.d is not to be played with.I guarantee Chris Kyle was trying to fill in where the libtard controlled government failed the Marine Vet. i blame the administration above all. had they done right by this Vet Chris Kyle would be Alive today.
as a former Federal LEO with 2 Events behind him, I'm not much on seeing Movies like this. Nobody Respects Chris Kyle more than I do, but i won't be seeing it. i love what he said about doing it to Save Lives. that hits a little too close to Home.

[Vette40th]

Here is a story I nabbed from another website. An epilog if you will

Rather than talk about all the A-Holes on the left..... Here is something about the people that really helped and participated. I think they should be held in high esteem for what they did. This is a cut/paste from another forum it is not, unfortunately, my first hand experience.

The American Sniper."

This is why America will remain strong. We take care of our own as well as others who may not deserve taking care of. I just wanted to share with you all that out of a horrible tragedy we were blessed by so many people.

Chris Kyle was Derek's teammate through 10 years of training and battle. They both suffer/suffered from PTSD to some extent and took great care of each other because of it.

2006 in Ramadi was horrible for young men that never had any more aggressive physical contact with another human than on a Texas football field.

They lost many friends. Chris became the armed services number #1 sniper of all time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives.

Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL teams as he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda. He did and wrote the book "The American Sniper." 100% of the proceeds from the book went to two of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq .

That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in Dallas to train military, police and I think firemen as far as protecting themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver not a taker.

He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six months in Iraq and claimed to have PTSD.
Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings.

Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport they flew into
...free of charge.

The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of a break to see that it happened.

Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.

The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the hotel for only SEALs and family.

The Midlothian , TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at the hotel, 100 of them were SEALs. Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also had a few rental cars (donated). The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the stay at our hotel.

At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire five days for the SEALs to congregate in and all to use the restroom so as not to have to go in the house. Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were staying in the home.

Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis. It was a huge coordination of many different events and security. Derek was assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris' body when it was transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington Funeral Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job.
Taya seldom came out of her bedroom. The house was full with people from the church and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent one morning in a bedroom with Chris’ mom and the next morning with Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with Chris). A tough job.

George W Bush and his wife Laura met and talked to everyone on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when people were sincere and caring.

Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks, chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families. The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were taken care of. The family's church kept those inside the house well fed.

Jerry Jones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making sure everyone was taken care of….Class... He donated the use of Cowboy Stadium for the services as it was determined that so many wanted to attend.

The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am. Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk, I don't know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium!

We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing.

A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was a very formal military service.

The service started at 1:00 pm and when we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about 10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the stadium seats behind us. It was a beautiful and emotional service.
The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were all in tears.

The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian , TX to Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out. We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, five chartered buses and lots of cars. You had to have a pass to be in the procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession with snipers sitting out the side door for protection. It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas . People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us, the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way. Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by. Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris' body so Derek rode the route with us. I was so grateful to have that time with him.

The service was at Texas National Cemetery . Very few are buried there and you have to apply to get in. It is like people from the Civil War, Medal of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas . It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protest at military funerals away from us.

Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket, one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the only one to take four taps to put his in and it was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.

After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us individually, and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas . She was a sincere, compassionate, and gracious hostess.

We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said that after they get out they are moving to Texas . They remarked that they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the other side of the world, protecting America .
We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional, but blessed week.

Punch-line:
To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris Kyle!
However, the President can call some sport person and congratulate him on announcing to the world that he is gay??

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866)

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. -- Thomas Jefferson

[StaticCling]

Just got back from Seeing it.

Wow. Excellent film.

[Lakota]

Military films/books are my favorite. Generous in giving the movie a C at best.

What can I say about a man that claimed he punched out a man 23 years his senior (Jesse) and old enough to be his Daddy.

Some interesting quotes in the attached review.

"American Sniper has become the movie folks love to love or love to hate."

"“The film was subject to widespread praise among conservatives for depicting an American soldier at his best and condemnation among some liberals who question the admitted pleasure Kyle took in killing and dehumanizing Iraqis. And then there were the tales Kyle told about himself, which came under increasing suspicion after numerous journalists tried — and failed — to corroborate them. Among them: Kyle once said he shot dead two armed Texas thugs who wanted to steal his truck. He said he traveled down to New Orleans and killed 30 bad guys in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina. And he also falsely claimed he punched out former Minnesota governor Jesse ‘the Body’ Ventura after Ventura, a former member of a U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team, disparaged the Navy SEALs.”

link: So many shoot their mouths off about 'American Sniper' | Syracuse New Times

[m and t's77]

Originally Posted by Lakota

Military films/books are my favorite. Generous in giving the movie a C at best.

What can I say about a man that claimed he punched out a man 23 years his senior (Jesse) and old enough to be his Daddy.

Some interesting quotes in the attached review.

"American Sniper has become the movie folks love to love or love to hate."

"“The film was subject to widespread praise among conservatives for depicting an American soldier at his best and condemnation among some liberals who question the admitted pleasure Kyle took in killing and dehumanizing Iraqis. And then there were the tales Kyle told about himself, which came under increasing suspicion after numerous journalists tried — and failed — to corroborate them. Among them: Kyle once said he shot dead two armed Texas thugs who wanted to steal his truck. He said he traveled down to New Orleans and killed 30 bad guys in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina. And he also falsely claimed he punched out former Minnesota governor Jesse ‘the Body’ Ventura after Ventura, a former member of a U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team, disparaged the Navy SEALs.”

link: So many shoot their mouths off about 'American Sniper' | Syracuse New Times

From the "other place" via NYC6:

You link a story that shows another story with the claimed 2 killed trying to steal his truck and a claimed 30 killed after Katrina. The author of that story, terrance McCoy is a well known anti US Military liberal. His story mentions no direct quotes from the supposed person who claimed to hear these pronouncements of killings. The 'reporter' uses fictitious sources for his fictitious fable. That is not news it's national enquirer for liberals.
The ‘unverifiable’ legacy of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in American history - The Washington Post

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by m and t's77

From the "other place" via NYC6:

You know how it is, right? The libs are always gonna be sheep.