Governor Greg Abbott, a man who has not even two shades of gray because everything is just black or white, has decided that the arguing over whether Chris Kyle is a hero needs to stop.

Texas will officially celebrate 2 February as “Chris Kyle Day”, in honour of the Navy Seal whose portrayal in the movie American Sniper has caused intense controversy while breaking box-office records.

Greg Abbott, the new Republican governor of Texas, announced the creation of Chris Kyle Day in a speech at a veterans event in Austin on Friday. According to a statement from the governor’s office, Abbott said his decision had been taken “in honour of a Texas son, a Navy Seal and an American hero – a man who defended his brothers and sisters in arms on and off the battlefield”.

That settles it.

Not surprisingly, Greg Abbott never served his country in the military.