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The 3 Biggest Lies About Chris Kyle

January 20, 2015

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The 3 Biggest Lies About Chris Kyle

By Ian Tuttle

With the release of Clint Eastwood's Chris Kyle biopic American Sniper, based on the life of America's deadliest marksman, the Left has been eager to take potshots at the late Navy officer and Iraq veteran. By deceptively quoting Kyle's 2012 autobiography (also entitled "American Sniper"), they have gained traction for questionable interpretations and outright lies. Here are the three most egregious falsehoods, and the truth his critics have willfully ignored.

Chris Kyle, Racist

In his memoir, Kyle writes, "I hated the damn savages" and "I could give a flying f*** about the Iraqis." According to GQ culture writer Lindy West, writing in the Guardian, that is proof that Kyle at a "bare minimum was a racist who took pleasure in dehumanizing and killing brown people."

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The 3 Biggest Lies About Chris Kyle

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