Author: Michael Aavang (Michael Aavang)

Are veterans victims? Are the men and women of the Global War on Terror a robust warrior class or the damaged victims of bad foreign policy? Anyone who has overheard veterans telling stories over a meal, or reliving old adventures between pints of beer, can tell you they do not sound like victims. You will...

“Racism and violence comprise the majority of ‘American Sniper,’ Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit,” declared Andy Reuss last week (“‘American Sniper’ and killing the other,” Jan. 29). This is a painfully shallow assessment. As a combat veteran, I believe racism is wrong. Unwarranted prejudice, regardless of whether employed for the “good” of the state, is not...