Former MN Gov. Ventura wants to add widow to suit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

[KS63]

I hope that Kyle's widow kicks Ventura in the nuts as a reminder from Chris.

[Squeeze]

I have no words.

[osok-308]

IIRC, in Kyle's book, he didn't mention Ventura by name. He gave some nickname for him instead of saying "I punched out Jesse Ventura". Jesse's name was already in the mud before Chris Kyle wrote his book. If you really were a SEAL, you would have the common decency to not try to sue a fellow SEAL's family. Which is one of the many reasons nobody believes that he was a SEAL.

[clublights]

If he was a SEAL what was this BUD/S Class number? Unless he DOR'ed on his first day someone will remember him .. and if he did DOR on the first day ... he was never a SEAL anyways.

[ZERO THEORY]

If he was a SEAL what was this BUD/S Class number? Unless he DOR'ed on his first day someone will remember him .. and if he did DOR on the first day ... he was never a SEAL anyways.

"Ventura served in the United States Navy from December 1, 1969, to September 10, 1975, during the Vietnam War era. He graduated in BUD/S class 58 in December 1970^[12] and was part of Underwater Demolition Team 12^[4][13]"

[Ronin13]

"Ventura served in the United States Navy from December 1, 1969, to September 10, 1975, during the Vietnam War era. He graduated in BUD/S class 58 in December 1970^[12] and was part of Underwater Demolition Team 12^[4][13]"

Technically yes, technically no. Back then UDT had not yet merged with the SEALs and usually saw less combat and took fewer casualties. Before 1983 (when UDT and SEALs both became one) UDT was not the same as the SEALs and did not wear the SEAL Trident. Further, Ventura never served in Vietnam, no combat, no deployment. He doesn't rate by comparison to Kyle.

[ZERO THEORY]

Technically yes, technically no. Back then UDT had not yet merged with the SEALs and usually saw less combat and took fewer casualties. Before 1983 (when UDT and SEALs both became one) UDT was not the same as the SEALs and did not wear the SEAL Trident. Further, Ventura never served in Vietnam, no combat, no deployment. He doesn't rate by comparison to Kyle.

No, absolutely not. He was stationed in the Philippines, I believe. What makes it even more disgusting is his pseudo-Hemingway quote about "you haven't hunted until you've hunted man" when he never did anything of the sort.

[davsel]

Excellent read:
Jesse "The Great Pretender" Ventura

So there it is. Does Jesse trade on the valor of others when he pretends to have been a seal? He styles himself an honest, uncomplicated man: what you see is what you get. He should set the record straight. Hell, nothing to be ashamed of about having been a frog. UDTs have a noble tradition. When Jesse was a frog, they jumped out of airplanes, locked out of submarines, and blew shit up. But frogs didn’t often fight and die like seals did in Nam. 34:1.

[Dave]

So a jury decided to give Jesse 1.8 million.

http://news.yahoo.com/jury-awards-ve...182537224.html

[PugnacAutMortem]

I have a hard time believing that if the defense witnesses couldn't get their story straight enough to convince even half of the jury, let alone only 2 of them. Don't know Kyle, don't know Ventura...but I would be willing to lean towards that this incident didn't actually happen. Or at the very least it didn't happen the way either side said it did.