Pulling a trigger may be the single
most dehumanizing act there is. Every time one person makes the
conscious decision to end the life of another, they lose a part of
themselves that cannot be retrieved. Most people would grow ill at
the thought of performing this act even once. What kind of person
would it take to have done it 160 times? How would he/she feel?
In Clint Eastwood's American Sniper,
we're introduced to the real-life figure that epitomizes the moral
quandary at the root of killing for one's country; NAVY Seal Chris
Kyle, who became the deadliest shot in U.S. military history over the
course of four tours in Iraq, earning him the nickname 'Legend'. But
an introduction is not the same as an examination, and as riveting an
introduction it is at times, it does not delve deep enough into the
man behind the 'legend'.
