Chris Kyle

Chris Kyle's topic is very suitable for contemporary moral issues. He appears as a controversial hero.

The movie American Sniper, which has six nominations for the Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. The character has since become a symbol, a hero for some, the failure of a war for others.

Is he a hero of democracy or a murderous warrior? This is the first question that animates the controversy surrounding Chris Kyle's actions. Back in his homeland, the soldier had declared that he did not regret any of his actions on the battlefield. "I was often asked a question," he says in his autobiographical book. "Did it trouble you to kill so many people in Iraq?" And I said, "No." I liked what I did."

For its detractors, Chris Kyle is seen as apologetizing murder and conveying racist, even anti-Muslim ideals.  He killed hundreds of people in cold blood without feeling any remorse. Moreover, in his book, he had words that were considered racist.

However, many Americans see him as a true hero who fight for his country and embodies democracy and freedom, thanks to his heroic feats. And the movie of Clint Eastwood, by erasing the most controversial aspects of the book, including its obvious racist overtones, exacerbated this symbol

Chris Kyle has become a propaganda tool for the United States and helps to make people forget the disaster of the war in Iraq. The United States won nothing and the war in Iraq even had a negative effect while Americans like Chris fought and sacrificed for their country.

U.S. action in Iraq appears illegitimate and immoral, and making Chris Kyle a war hero somehow represses a sense of guilt about the civilian victims of the war in Iraq.

I think we cannot  consider Chris Kyle as a hero since He was a cold-blooded murderer who does not regret his acts and who would have even wished to kill more Iraqis if he had the opportunity. However, we cannot consider him as a monster and especially not like a scapegoat since he was just a tool, he obeyed orders. The true culprit was the government of the United States who started the war and pull the trigger.

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