{"id":58466,"date":"2015-02-27T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58466"},"modified":"2015-02-26T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T00:12:44","slug":"medal-of-honor-for-chris-kyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58466","title":{"rendered":"Medal of Honor for Chris Kyle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> which discusses the efforts of Texas Congressman Roger Williams who is spearheading the effort to clear the way for President Obama to award the Medal of Honor to late “American Sniper” Chris Kyle. I know this post is going to get some of you pissed off. <\/p>\n

There is no one who is more defensive of Chris Kyle’s legacy than me. I read his book in one sitting the day that it hit my Kindle – the day it was released. I’ve read it twice since then. I was probably the first blogger who knew about his death, but since I couldn’t get get confirmation I held off, if nothing else, out of respect for his family.<\/p>\n

Chris Kyle certainly accomplished much more during his career in the military than I did, by comparison, he certainly deserves the Medal of Honor. But, the thing is that he was never considered for the award while he was in the Navy.<\/p>\n

Kyle already is highly decorated for his heroism in combat. He received two prestigious Silver Stars, which are two levels below the Medal of Honor, and five Bronze Stars with V device for valor. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are hundreds of members of the military whose martial biographies are similar, but they don’t have a best selling book and a blockbuster movie, and I get the feeling that is the only reason that Williams is going through all of this because of Kyle’s name recognition. The Routh trial and the success of the movie about Kyle are intersecting at the Medal of Honor. <\/p>\n

It seems to me to be a political stunt. There was no effort to get him the award while he was alive, before there was a book, before there was a movie. I’m not saying that he doesn’t deserve the award, but I’m thinking that he would be the first to disabuse folks of the notion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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