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<blockquote data-quote="BI" data-source="post: 3256218" data-attributes="member: 130978">I don&#039;t understand this strange moral comparison between Iraqi insurgents and US soldiers being made here.&nbsp; They are absolutely not equivalent.&nbsp; We&#039;re not an invading force in Iraq and they aren&#039;t merely protecting the sovereignty of their country.&nbsp; Iraqi civilians want US soldiers there.&nbsp; They&#039;re scared at the prospect of our departure.&nbsp; For good reason.&nbsp; The insurgents are murderers and barbarians who kill Iraqi civilians for things like wanting a higher education, clean drinking water, and electricity.&nbsp; They target professors at universities and girls seeking educations.&nbsp; In Chris Kyle&#039;s book he describes seeing a torture room used by the insurgents full of blood and limbs where two developmentally disabled adults were recently tortured to death for nothing more than the amusement of their insurgent captors.&nbsp; Does anyone really believe US soldiers would behave in the same manner?Chris Kyle repeatedly placed his own life in peril to save others during his service in Iraq.&nbsp; He was hailed as a hero because he saved so many lives.&nbsp; And he did it at considerable risk to himself.&nbsp; And then for him to come home and try to help vets and use the proceeds from his books to donate to wounded veterans speaks highly of his character.&nbsp; He was clearly a warm guy with a generous spirit.&nbsp; And furthermore, the guy was a father to two small children and a husband to a wife who had to worry for years about his safety because of his career only to lose him so tragically once he made it home.&nbsp; The whole situation is very unfortunate.&nbsp; The guy was obviously trying to do the right thing and got hurt for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BI, post: 3256218, member: 130978"] I don't understand this strange moral comparison between Iraqi insurgents and US soldiers being made here. They are absolutely not equivalent. We're not an invading force in Iraq and they aren't merely protecting the sovereignty of their country. Iraqi civilians want US soldiers there. They're scared at the prospect of our departure. For good reason. The insurgents are murderers and barbarians who kill Iraqi civilians for things like wanting a higher education, clean drinking water, and electricity. They target professors at universities and girls seeking educations. In Chris Kyle's book he describes seeing a torture room used by the insurgents full of blood and limbs where two developmentally disabled adults were recently tortured to death for nothing more than the amusement of their insurgent captors. Does anyone really believe US soldiers would behave in the same manner? Chris Kyle repeatedly placed his own life in peril to save others during his service in Iraq. He was hailed as a hero because he saved so many lives. And he did it at considerable risk to himself. And then for him to come home and try to help vets and use the proceeds from his books to donate to wounded veterans speaks highly of his character. He was clearly a warm guy with a generous spirit. And furthermore, the guy was a father to two small children and a husband to a wife who had to worry for years about his safety because of his career only to lose him so tragically once he made it home. The whole situation is very unfortunate. The guy was obviously trying to do the right thing and got hurt for it. [/QUOTE]

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