The email I sent to the article writer:

Subject: Thanks for the nice article!

It captured us well, and everyone likes it. It was well written, evokes some emotional response, and those that know us believe you represented our family well, except for one part.

A lot of my family and friends, and I, don't like that you misquoted me in such a manner about flying in troops and flying out the dead. Even my very liberal (and anti-war) sister agrees about this part. When I said it to you, it was not in that context. It comes across as though flying out dead soldiers is a regular thing, when I've only actually done it twice, and two coffins each time. Where I brought in and out hundreds of soldiers from several nations, all of them very much alive. Then you followed that immediately with, "With thousands dead..."

I know you craft your articles with great care, so I have to ask: Why did you misquote me and combine it with that statement on casualties? On the surface this appears to be the very politicization that I was hoping you'd avoid, if you remember our discussion about it. That is the very reason I googled you.

Again, I want to emphasize that we all very much enjoyed that article, but that one part just taints the overall experience and makes it difficult to enjoy. I enjoyed meeting you and your daughter as well as the interview itself.

I waited a little while to respond, because I was quite angry when I first read that bit. It just sounded so pointed and out of place that I wanted to make sure that this email was written with a clear mind. I'm sure you know what I mean.

Looking forward to your response,
Jonathan

EDIT: I got an out of office reply, she'll be back on 5/7. HA HA! You thought there would be a response...