General Discussion

but it is very clear he saw this more as a game or some type of contest. He mentions all the killing led him to figure out ways to be "creative" and he also mentions "Our ROEs [Rules of Engagement] when the [Iraq War] kicked off were pretty simple: If you see anyone from about sixteen to sixty-five and they’re male, shoot ‘em. Kill every male you see. That wasn’t the official language, but that was the idea." Which is pretty interesting as this is very different from official ROE or the ROE directly from CENTCOM so I'm more interested in who gave this order. Generation Kill portrays a Marine battalion under an ROE that is always changing on the fly from the Battalion commander himself.

I certainly don't deny he saved lives, especially regarding the RPG story though I'm curious what were the circumstances for him providing sniper cover on an Army convoy (my job) when there are dozens on the road at a given time & so many others given "trip tickets" as they're coming back. I logged about 30,000 miles myself -- but it also appears he did a lot of this for fun, or sport, got an enjoyment out of it and I don't care who are or what the job asks of you, only a sociopath values human life as much in the same way Chris Kyle claims he did.