Days apart: On Chris Kyle Day and Texas Muslim Capitol Day

[TexasTowelie]

Today is Chris Kyle Day in Texas. That, above, is Chris Kyle’s gravesite late yesterday afternoon, just before the gates of the Texas State Cemetery in Austin closed for the day. It was very bright with a stiff breeze. The flags flapped and rippled.. You can hear a light clanging in the background that sounds like a harbor bell but I think is that of flag fluttering against its flagpole.

Kyle’s gravesite is a work in progress with no headstone yet. Right now it sill looks more like an impromptu roadside memorial.

He is buried next to Borah Van Dormolen, an important figure in Texas Republican Party politics, who also died in 2013. Van Dormolen enlisted in the U.S. Army and rose through the ranks retiring after 23 years with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Nearby are Darrell Royal and Wally Pryor, the voice of the University of Texas Longhorns.

Greg Abbott has declared today Chris Kyle Day. He will sign the official proclamation at noon in his office. The flag at the state cemetery will fly at half mast. It is and was a brilliant gesture. From what I know, Chris Kyle is the quintessential Texas hero. “American Sniper,” the movie about his life, has quickly become the top-grossing war film in history. Kyle and “American Sniper” have also become a proxy for much deeper feelings about America and its place in the world.

Read more: http://politics.blog.statesman.com/2015/02/02/days-apart-on-chris-kyle-day-and-texas-muslim-capitol-day/

[Nitram]

1. A sniper who "enjoyed killing" is not a hero in my book.

This is the account of a sniper who never never saw the Iraqis as “savages.”

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/i_was_an_american_sniper_and_chris_kyle%E2%80%99s_war_was_not_my_war/

[DhhD]

2. Chris Kyle was ordered to protect the large Israeli zone in Fallujah, Iraq, by shooting people who

were ordered to leave Fallujah but did not go and took up arms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah


Protesters were waving the Israeli flag, among other flags, during the Muslim program near the Texas Capitol building a few days ago. People who have a right to be on the Capitol steps, were being ordered to leave by revenge seekers in my opinion. The question is, revenge for what?

Circa 650 AC: The prophet Mohammad taught and wrote, in the third chapter of the Muslim bible, that the way to heaven was through Jesus Christ. So he allowed Christianity and Judaism to be practiced in Arabia.

By the movie, Eastwood deceives us, or tries to, just like we were deceived by the Bush Administration. Eastwood is the empty chair.

[LibGranny]

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