Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has spoken out against “American Sniper,” both the movie and Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL sniper with the highest confirmed kill count in military history.
“A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can’t have honor if you’re a liar,” Ventura told the Associated Press. “There is no honor in lying.”
Ventura, a former Navy SEAL himself, has not seen the Iraq War movie directed by Clint Eastwood and is not planning to.
“It’s as authentic as ‘Dirty Harry,’” Ventura said, referencing criticism that it falsely depicts the 9/11 terrorist attacks as the cause of the war.