Two items ran across my desk yesterday that I’m finally getting to. The first is from Michael Yon on Afghanistan: We must alter our expectations for Afghanistan. There are bigger problems afoot. The ice is melting, banks are melting, and the prestige of great...
A couple new dispatches from Michael Yon on AfPak. First, part three of three of a series entitled Death in the Corn. Good stuff, even if just for the pictures. The first paragraph sums it up: Living with British troops of 2 Para at FOB Gibraltar and watching them...
Another Yon article that you should read. Our soldiers kill them constantly, but they keep coming. The Taliban I have seen so far are stupid compared to the enemies we faced in Iraq. The Taliban in this area are easy to kill, but there are so many of them. For safety...
Long time readers (all three of you) will remember my admonitions to read Michael Yon’s book Moment of Truth in Iraq. Mr. Yon is an independent reporter who has spent more time in Iraq than any other journalist over the last five years. By now, no credible...
