tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post5484169022985025715..comments2024-01-06T05:01:09.131-06:00Comments on The Defense Rests: Book review: American SniperPaul B. Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-91769764839527287732015-01-15T21:16:28.187-06:002015-01-15T21:16:28.187-06:00Great review! I'm going to be seeing the movie...Great review! I'm going to be seeing the movie this weekend. I've heard a lot of mixed review on this. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474551845661031816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-35553268705701603972013-02-06T14:39:15.936-06:002013-02-06T14:39:15.936-06:00Thank you for the kind words.Thank you for the kind words.Paul B. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-63020015381084131362013-02-05T22:11:39.997-06:002013-02-05T22:11:39.997-06:00I've read a couple of different reviews of thi...I've read a couple of different reviews of this book since the author was himself shot and killed.<br /><br />This is the best one I have read, and that includes reviews in some of the bigger newspapers.<br /><br />Excellent and moving piece, Paul. If you ever leave the law, you may have another career waiting for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-67288047877729170862013-02-03T07:17:34.626-06:002013-02-03T07:17:34.626-06:00You would prefer he be politically correct as oppo...You would prefer he be politically correct as opposed to honest. He was a hero, a common man with an uncommon mission. He didn't decide to invade Iraq by the way. He did his job faithfully with pride and love, yes love of his country and his fellows. If you have any beef, you shouldn't take it out on him. His book is his perspective not a political treatise to be analyzed or judged as a work on geopolitics.killianyachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739641572000319832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-63471092572458103442012-02-15T14:42:17.570-06:002012-02-15T14:42:17.570-06:00And then someone on the other side would hail as a...And then someone on the other side would hail as a hero their sniper who undertook to neutralize Kyle and his buddies. Not an uncommon story . . . One man's whistleblowing hero is another man's snitch.<br /><br />I'm not going to claim that Kyle is a hero; he expends enough energy in that regard. However, he signed on to do a job, the very essence of which is to kill one human at a time and make a graphic point with the decedent's friends. For that job, disassociation is a positive attribute.Thomas Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832779920216463979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-38272225661788710522012-02-15T12:37:49.226-06:002012-02-15T12:37:49.226-06:00No, what concerns me is Mr. Kyle has portrays hims...No, what concerns me is Mr. Kyle has portrays himself as a courageous hero yet he fails to understand that the people at whom he shot were just as human as he. <br /><br />He seems to forget that he was part of a force that invaded another country. Put the shoes on the other foot and he'd be one of those "savages" trying to kill off the invaders.Paul B. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-7703235534945312472012-02-15T10:44:34.289-06:002012-02-15T10:44:34.289-06:00C'mon, Paul . . . Are you seriously surprised/...C'mon, Paul . . . Are you seriously surprised/upset that a soldier who is very specifically trained to neutralize threats (by efficiently dispatching with prejudice those who threaten) does not view his role in geopolitical terms?Thomas Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832779920216463979noreply@blogger.com