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I'm no psychiatrist, but does the (SPOILER!) justification used in the

Posted by tinear on January 17, 2015 at 17:12:27:
film really explain his four tours and several hundred kills?
No. The Dad's admonition sounds facile, invented. Certainly, transposing it to a war is far-fetched, more so.
No man repeatedly risks his own life, risks losing his wife and two kids, to go off and kill (or assassinate, since the opponent has no chance, at all). A man driven by such selflessness and love of his fellow man wouldn't pick killing as his vehicle.
This man, I think it's obvious, enjoyed killing; he even was ready to kill another child.
The fact that he could return to duty after killing one child speaks more than anything Eastwood or Kyle could say.