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2. Just one more reason not to see this movie.

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 02:08 AM

Jan 2015

I pretty much steer clear of any movie/show using the Iraq war as a backdrop/prop.
They are all based on a lie and a crime.

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The Real American Sniper: Why Chris Kyle Wasn’t A Hero [View all] tenderfoot Jan 2015 OP

This has bothered me since the first Iraq war HeiressofBickworth Jan 2015 #1

well said! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #22

Just one more reason not to see this movie. blackspade Jan 2015 #2

How about his spotter? JonLP24 Jan 2015 #3

He did what he was trained to do and saved lives glasshouses Jan 2015 #4

Its so hard to independently verify much of this JonLP24 Jan 2015 #5

Wasn't that the unwritten ROE in the taking of Fallujah? glasshouses Jan 2015 #8

I agree with the worst example part JonLP24 Jan 2015 #14

He was a 'savage' who took lives and signed up to do just that. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #7

Hundreds of thousands of men and women signed up also glasshouses Jan 2015 #10

+1 BeanMusical Jan 2015 #16

K&R. who's the savage? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #6

the person who is worse than him is the bitter old roguevalley Jan 2015 #9

given that the effect of his movie will have on a roguevalley Jan 2015 #20

Did he call the Iraqi people savages ? kwolf68 Jan 2015 #13

I knew the world, some journalists and critics nilesobek Jan 2015 #15

Kick and R. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #17

Kick. Nt cwydro Jan 2015 #19

Kick for Truth. Octafish Jan 2015 #23