It’s hard to believe that anti-Second Amendment Piers Morgan would come to the defense of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, but he did just that, slamming Michael Moore and calling Kyle a hero.

In a piece for the UK Daily Mail, Morgan writes, “Liberal film-maker Michael Moore even went as far as to brand all snipers ‘cowards’. A stinging claim that provoked an equally stinging response. And a claim with which I couldn’t disagree more.”

Morgan continued by writing that despite what the public (Moore, Rogen, etc..) might think, Kyle was by no means a coward, and if anyone has any problem with the men and women who go off into battle, all the criticism should be aimed at the politicians who sent them there because soldiers are just doing their job.

“Kyle was just told to go and do his job; to aim his expert eye through the eye of a high-powered rifle barrel and shoot people – before they shot him or his fellow soldiers,” Piers writes.

“Chris Kyle, American Sniper, was NOT a coward. He repeatedly risked his life serving his country in some of the most dangerous terrain on earth. And by doing his job so well, better than anyone in his country’s history, he saved many American lives,” he continues to write.

“We should reserve our ire for the politicians who ordered him into the war in the first place. THEY, if you opposed the Iraq War, are the real villains. HE is a hero. A flawed hero, perhaps, but still a hero,” he adds.

A flawed hero? Nice.