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Moore the bore

Posted on May 19, 2008 | Comments Off on Moore the bore

Fatso Michael Moore, the unethical cretin who ripped off a classic science fiction novel for the title of his fictional political screed on President Bush, is ripping off Michael Yon’s classic Iraq photo for Moore’s latest pathetic whatever. Yon’s lawyer is on the case. Go get ’em!

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Moment of Truth in Iraq

Posted on May 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Moment of Truth in Iraq

I was waiting for a good moment to buy Michael Yon’s book about Iraq, and Michael Totten’s revealing review is the one. The fact that the book is already in its second printing and currently No. 167 on Amazon’s bestseller list also is encouraging.

MORE: Cobb has an interesting take on it, from quotes from Yon’s changed-his-mind-on-Iraq publisher, to Cobb’s angry responses to some commenters. As he says: lead, follow or get the hell out of the way. 

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Winning the war

Posted on April 11, 2008 | Comments Off on Winning the war

While the troops in Iraq edge ever nearer to a lasting victory, the squabbling egotists in Congress fight over the almost-lost  war of 2004-2006. Longtime embed journalist Michael Yon, whose new book on Iraq is available, calls for more troops, not fewer, to enhance our gains for the first Arab-world democracy and keep them working. Afterall, if we’re really going to be there for a hundred years, we should do it right.

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Stake through their hearts

Posted on March 28, 2008 | Comments Off on Stake through their hearts

The Iraqi endgame is in sight. Insightful, non-biased reporting from freelance correspondent Michael Yon:

"If there is an increase in casualties here as we go into the summer of 2008, it is because our people and the Iraqi forces are closing in. We have seen just how deadly al Qaeda can be. This enemy is desperate. They know they are losing."

Via Fresh Bilge 

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Dizzied by the spin

Posted on October 22, 2007 | Comments Off on Dizzied by the spin

"The situation in Iraq has drastically changed, but the inertia of bad news leaves many convinced that the mission has failed beyond recovery, that all Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, or are waiting for us to leave so they can crush their neighbors." –Independent journalist Michael Yon’s latest.

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Blog the war, folks

Posted on July 19, 2007 | Comments Off on Blog the war, folks

Teflon Don sums up why only chumps rely on the Associated Press these days:

"Michael Yon provides pictures, video, grid coordinates and interviews to verify a mass grave, and the most definite news byte that the Associated Press will print is that mass graves ‘reportably‘ exist in Baqouba? That isn’t even up to the level of the common complaint that the media fails to report good news. That’s failing to report the bad news correctly…Blog the war, folks. It’s the only way you’ll learn anything."

Conversely, if you don’t want to know what’s happening in the war, because it might interfere with your political prejudices, stick with the AP.

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Budding birder

Posted on June 25, 2007 | Comments Off on Budding birder

Embeded Iraq correspondent Michael Yon finds more to meet the eye than war. Birdwatching:

"We did not see the attack, but a mushroom cloud billowed in the background as I was rushing to photograph a beautiful bee-catcher. (Iraq has [a] fascinating array of birds, and when this war is over, I’m coming back with a long lens and a tripod.)"

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