Jesse Ventura Compares U.S. to Nazis, Communists in 'American Sniper' Critique

Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura has continued his criticism of the hit blockbuster film "American Sniper," comparing the U.S. war in Iraq to how Nazis behaved in World War II in a recent Fox News interview.

Ventura, a former Navy SEAL himself, previously denounced the film due to its portrayal of the life of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL and the most decorated sniper in U.S. history. Ventura sued Kyle for defamation after Kyle claimed to have punched Ventura in a California bar for insulting Navy SEALs.

The former Governor of Minnesota continued to vent his frustrations regarding the movie in a recent interview with Fox News' Alan Colmes.

"A hero should have honor. A hero is not how many people you've killed. You know he's obviously a great sniper. He's obviously a great shot. He obviously did his job correctly. Alan let me fire this one at you: Do you think the Nazis have heroes?" Ventura questioned. 

"When [the Nazis] invaded a country, when they invaded Poland, when they invaded France, and if a Nazi soldier killed a hundred people that had lived there, would he be classified a hero in Germany?" Ventura continued. 

"[When] we invaded Iraq, we were not asked in. We invaded a country, we overthrew its government, and then we killed people that lived there." 

" Are we analogous to the Nazis?" Colmes asked Ventura. 

"Well, and the Communists, yeah. Our people right now are behaving just like the people did in Germany in the '30s. We're behaving the same way," Ventura responded.