American Sniper --- a pretty good anti-war movie. too bad it's main character didn't have to live with all the killing.
On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 7:33:42 PM UTC-6, Bill wrote: > > > > > The liberal critics have found fault with the film but the public has > not! For the second weekend in a row it was the highest grossing movie in > America despite the bad mouthing of the film's liberal Hollywood critics > who were hoping to put a damper on the success of the film and they failed > miserably this past week. Thanx for sending and am Forwarding it on to lots > of folks and a historical sight as well as a political site. > > Bill > > P.S. This man who occupys the White House can speak nicely about > black thugs who attacked and then were killed by "racisist white cops" but > the silence is deafening when it comes to the death of a true American hero. > > > In a message dated 1/25/2015 12:42:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] <javascript:> writes: > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* Joe Safier <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > I received this from a good friend and fellow former Civil Grand Juror. > > I haven't had a chance to verify the story. > > Just saw the movie and thought it was very well done – however, there > is a lot more that could have been added after reading what is said > below. Darla > > > > Subject: American Sniper > > > > Worth reading! > > > > > > This is why America will remain strong. We take care of our own as > well as others who may not deserve taking care of. I just wanted to > share with you all that out of a horrible tragedy we were blessed by > so many people. > > > Chris Kyle was Derek's teammate through 10 years of training and > battle. They both suffer/suffered from PTSD to some extent and took > great care of each other because of it. > > > > 2006 in Ramadi was horrible for young men that never had any more > aggressive physical contact with another human than on a Texas > football field. > > > > They lost many friends. Chris became the armed services number #1 > sniper of all time. Not something he was happy about, other than the > fact that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives. > > > > Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL teams as he > had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda. He did and wrote the book > "The American Sniper." 100% of the proceeds from the book went to two > of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq . > > > > That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in Dallas to > train military, police and I think firemen as far as protecting > themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to > work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver not > a taker. > > > > He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered > trying to help a young man that had served six months in Iraq and > claimed to have PTSD. > > Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings. > > > > Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport > they flew into > > > ...free of charge. > > > > The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for four days > without much of a break to see that it happened. > > > > Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel. > > > > The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the > hotel for only SEALs and family. > > > > The Midlothian , TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for each > room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at the hotel, > 100 of them were SEALs. Two large buses were chartered (an unknown > donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different events and > they also had a few rental cars (donated). The police and secret > service were on duty 24 hours during the stay at our hotel. > > > > At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to > block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire five days > for the SEALs to congregate in and all to use the restroom so as not > to have to go in the house. Taya, their two small children and both > sets of parents were staying in the home. > > > > Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home as they had different > duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis. It was a > huge coordination of many different events and security. Derek was > assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris ' body when it was > transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington Funeral > Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job. > > > > Taya seldom came out of her bedroom. The house was full with people > from the church and other family members that would come each day to > help. I spent one morning in a bedroom with Chris ’ mom and the next > morning with Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with > Chris ). A tough job. > > > > George W Bush and his wife Laura met and talked to everyone on the > Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with Taya for > quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when people > were sincere and caring. > > > > Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks, > chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people > all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families. The next day > a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of the house and fed > all once again. Food was plentiful and all were taken care of. The > family's church kept those inside the house well fed. > > > > Jerry Jones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made > sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making > sure everyone was taken care of….Class... He donated the use of Cowboy > Stadium for the services as it was determined that so many wanted to > attend. > > > > The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am. > Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I > am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for > themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk, I > don't know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium! > > > > We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was > available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing. > > > > > > A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and > police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was a > very formal military service. > > > > The service started at 1:00 pm and when we were escorted onto the > field I was shocked. We heard that about 10,000 people had come to > attend also. They were seated in the stadium seats behind us. It was > a beautiful and emotional service. > > > > The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's > choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We > were all in tears. > > > > The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian , TX to > Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people > were out. We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, > five chartered buses and lots of cars. You had to have a pass to be > in the procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the > procession with snipers sitting out the side door for protection. It > was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas . > People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us, > the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way. > Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats > over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went > by. Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from > their tall ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were > standing in the cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in > the hearse with Chris ' body so Derek rode the route with us. I was > so grateful to have that time with him. > > > > The service was at Texas National Cemetery . Very few are buried there > and you have to apply to get in. It is like people from the Civil War, > Medal of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical > people of Texas . It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders > surrounded the outside of the entire cemetery to keep the crazy church > people from Kansas that protest at military funerals away from us. > > > > Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris ' > casket, one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the > only one to take four taps to put his in and it was almost like he was > caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment. > > > > After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us > to the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us > individually, and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas . She was a > sincere, compassionate, and gracious hostess. > > > > We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into the garden > for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said that after > they get out they are moving to Texas . They remarked that they had > never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took > the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just > now called and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a > dangerous land on the other side of the world, protecting America . > > > > We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional, but > blessed week. > > > > Punch-line: > > > > To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris Kyle! > > > > However, the President can call some sport person and congratulate him > on announcing to the world that he is gay?? > > > > What is happening to our society, our honor and our pride?? > > > > Please, keep this moving! > > > > > IN GOD WE TRUST > > > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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