By Justen Charters
“American Sniper is leading the box office for the second week in a row and on track to be the highest-grossing war film ever.
However, this success hasn’t come without Hollywood criticism. Film director Michael Moore has continued making headlines since his initial tweet about snipers being cowards.
He has doubled down on his comments by saying he’s done more for veterans than snipers:
IJReview talked to one of Chris Kyle’s friends, Dale Comstock, who met the SEAL on the set of Stars Earn Stripes and continued to keep in touch after the show:
Here’s what the former Delta Force Operator and author of American Badass had to say about Moore’s perspective:
Unless you’ve been in combat you’ve got no opinion on how combat works. What’s the premise of his argument? Does that mean that people who shoot artillery weapons, fly fighter jets and close attack helicopters are cowards because they’re not right in your face? It’s called smart warfare.
I’d rather shoot someone from afar. I don’t look at my adversary as someone I hold a personal grudge with. I look at him as the opposing team and I’m here to win. He’s a soldier and I’m a soldier. When you go into combat to fight, you expect certain things.
I’ve actually made friends with several of my adversaries. One of who, at one time, I was pointing weapons at from twenty five meters away.
Also, one of my best friends used to be in East German special forces. We were enemies at one time. Today, we’re good friends and business associates.
A sniper is far from a coward. They are skilled marksmen who use psychological warfare to scare the enemy. They make you keep your head down. They keep you paralyzed. And they will kill you because that’s their objective.”
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