The public wants protection. They want to feel safe from those that wait outside their doors to do harm. They want protection, but they don't want to know how that protection is provided. They don't want to know the cost of that protection. They're not prepared for it. They'd rather live their lives oblivious. It's the same with "Support our Troops." The public support the troops, but they'd rather not have to think about them. It's easier to not care.

Think of it like going to a restaurant, and you see those obnoxious customers that want food but complain about quality or how it was provided.

People are always going to criticize the service you give them. They're the first to speak up and shout but are the last to do anything. When you shine the light on them for their time to act, the shouting stops and silence begins.

Some people will just never understand :( it is what it is.

We stand at the door... we guard the gates. We stop the things they fear from getting to them, and as I learned a long time ago, anything given to another without cost, is often thought little of and casually tossed aside.

They ( those that we do what we do, for) have no concept of what its like outside this big protected homeland. They see the news, they are horrified by OUR brutality, by the way WE kill others to achieve safety and security for them, but there are always those that mutter, "We didn't ask them to do this... they are so much better trained, so much better equipped... its just so... so cowardly to kill when they have all this great gear to protect them!"

Not a one of them will ever know the cost of pulling the trigger on a sniper rifle. They will mutter in horror as they drink their Latte's and check out their newest tweets on the Kardashians, telling each other how we are nothing like them...

A month... six months... maybe a year or two from now, someone horrible will happen that will pull their heads upward and make them stop texting for a heartbeat or two, and then we'll suddenly be heros all over again. Its just an old, old song, that's been happening since one human picked up a rock and threw it at another one. They are half afraid of us, because we do what they won't, or can't do for themselves, and then when we do these things to keep this country safe, they love us... for all of ten minutes before there's a sale at the mall, or another 'REALITY' show comes on.

Its life... and apparently, its our reality as well. Chris Kyle was a stronger man than any I have met... t o hold it together doing a job like that for all of us... is simply amazing. If some fool calls him a coward, that is their problem, not his, because we know the true worth of that man.

It's outright despicable to trash talk a person that has died. But here's the key, people that do this have no moral compass, their character is severely flawed and can't reconcile any degree of appreciation for the men and women of the military that has protected them and provided them with the very freedom they enjoy.

Chris Kyle is a hero in my book. He did his job to the best of his ability and exceeded that. He saved many Marines lives in the performance of his duties. Even when he came home he was still willing to help veterans, matter of fact he gave his life doing just that.

I'm a liberal, and labeling this American patriot a coward is NOT an official liberal position or one shared by all liberals. I realize the military is primarily Conservative, but I'm concerned that stupid or lamebrain idea is blamed on my political affiliation.
I firmly believe Chris Kyle is an American hero that saved countless American lives and performed exceptionally in extraordinary circumstances.
What's wrong with the idiots? In my opinion, a sniper is a combat multiplier. Unfortunately, the ones making these foolish statements don't what a combat multiplier is, haven't been to combat, and haven't faced the realities of war. Most of them haven't suited up as a troop, they're basing their opinion on Hollywood productions instead of real combat situations

SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas There is no liberal media. There is no conservative media. There is simply very large companies who have learned to sell a product. They sell commercials, not news.

Are the ones talking about cowardice the same ones who fled to Canada during the 60's and 70's?

Tearing down worthy others is the only way some people can feel better about their worthless selves. I should pity those fools, but can't.

How many of those saying that have ever served in the military? My guess, probably none of them. That's all you need to know.