What Are Your Thoughts on the American Sniper Trial?
It seems like Eddie Ray Routh's sanity will be a strong argument for his attorney. It's just sad that a legendary sniper dies on the hands of his fellow veteran. i just can't but think, why of all places go to shooting range to deal with PTSD?
Also would you have the same reaction as Routh if your fellow marines pull a harmless joke on you during war?
i might have snapped too, considering the tension building around. but then i think it depends on a person's upbringing and how he develops his attitude towards things.
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I heard it was overhyped and didn't live to its expectations, but I didn't see it.. So I don't really know.
It definitely does.
As someone who has combat PTSD and likes guns, i can understand this. I carry two guns and a knife.
I did all the time. I was in the army and would play practical jokes on people for fun. I was a little scamp.
Sorry to play the lefty again, but from what I've heard, the film is quite problematic. I'm going to separate Bradley Cooper from Chris Kyle, because that's a whole other can of worms. The problem I have with the film (which I admittedly have not seen) is that to my understand it feeds into the general mentality surrounding the Iraq War - it is nuanced in that it shows the horrors of war, but this all comes back to the idea of focusing on praising the courage and sacrifice of the troops rather than questioning the war itself. Bradley Cooper watches people die, has to kill children, but (to my understanding) there is no killing of real innocents, there is no 'My Lai' moment, there is no 'jeez, Haliburton's stock shot right up' (the company Dick Cheney was formerly involved with). Don't question, just support the troops.
In a nutshell, it's focusing on the heroic sacrifice of the troops at the expense of asking why those troops had to make those sacrifices.
Yeah it's basically glorifying a horrible thing more than it could have.