17 October, 2015

People are criticizing my dad, Jim Webb, for killing a man. Here’s what they’re missing. - The Washington Post

People are criticizing my dad, Jim Webb, for killing a man. Here’s what they’re missing. - The Washington Post: "This country has been at war for almost 15 years, and as I think about the ridicule leveled at my father in the past 24 hours, I can’t help but imagine what these same people must think about the service of my own generation. In their eyes, did we simply spend some kind of twisted ‘semester abroad’ in a place with plenty of sand, but no ocean? Or conversely, do they ignorantly dismiss our experiences, as they have my father, as those of cold callous killers?

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