The American Sniper

Recently, I've seen the movie "American Sniper", that it's about the real history of the Texas marine Christopher Scott Kyle, the deadliest sniper of the US army. He is destined to Iraq with the mission of protect his mates from the rooftops, windows... while they enter and inspect the Iraq houses searching terrorist. His precision with the weapon saved a lot of lives of his army and Kyle, becomes known as "the legend" for all his mates but he also became the main objective of the Iraqis who put price on his head. In the film, we also see the four missions which the sniper participated and he beat record of deaths as sniper in the US army.

I really enjoy the film because is entertaining and the end of the film surprise you. For this, I was interested in the real history of this "American hero".

Christopher Scott Kyle, was born in Texas. He was the older of two brothers and his parents were religious and farmers ("God, country and family" is one of his mottos). His first weapon was a rifle that his father gave him when he was eight years-old. He learned to use it hunting with his father. In 1998, Kyle enter in the army of the US with the intention of be form in the unit Navy SEAL (snipers) and at 1999, he was destined to Iraq. 

Between his achievements, stand out get hit a terrorist from 2.100 meters and survive to a six attacks with bombs. He also came to kill more than 40 terrorist in only one day trip. Is attributed to him more than 150 deaths (although there are more because the army only count those who have had witnesses). 

All this history can be seen in the film, the most "spectacular" of his man is that the normal thing is go to a one mission to Iraq and then, not want to go back anymore (as his brother), but Kyle went to a four different missions having family and sons.

Unfortunately, at the age of 38 years old, he was murdered in a shooting rage by Eddie Routh, an old friend of the army that after return from Iraq, suffers mental problems. After this, he was condemned to life imprisonment.

This film has received a lot of proses but also, a lot of critiques. People complain that the paper of a sniper it isn't the same paper of a hero that is with which is compared in the film. Others criticize the racism of the film and also, the fact of do a film of a person who had had declarations as "I don't care about people of Iraq, I hate this wilds, I just want to protect my people and finish with the evil" (I think that it’s normal that a persona that have been in the war of Iraq for times, say this). So we can say that some people see the film like the exaltation of a murdered and a solder with traumas because of his job, and others see the film as the history of the tragic lost of one of the most important members of the army. 

I think that both positions of the film are respectable because it’s true that the job of this man it's not like the job of a hero, I mean, they dedicated to kill people but in the other hand, is what he have to do. I'm sure that if the people that the sniper had kill where in the states, for example, who criticize him, would reconsider him as a hero. He only try to protect his mates and he also try to end with the terrorism and killed the terrorist is one way. It’s a man who had been in the war and for this, is normal the “hate” that he have to the Iraqis.