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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sabre on October 09, 2007, 01:13:25 PM

Title: Report from the front; a must-read
Post by: Sabre on October 09, 2007, 01:13:25 PM

This is a powerful piece of writing from an independent journalist from the front.  Whether you support the war in Iraq or not, I hope you are moved as I am by the dedication and sacrifice of our troops.

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/under-distant-stars.htm

The journalist is reader-supported; he relies on donations to keep his equipment functional and pay his expenses while traveling to cover these stories.

Title: Report from the front; a must-read
Post by: Mickey1992 on October 09, 2007, 01:28:36 PM

Michael Yon rules.  Glad to read that he is back in Iraq.

Title: Report from the front; a must-read
Post by: Dago on October 09, 2007, 03:59:49 PM

Michael Yon has been discussed here before.

Title: Report from the front; a must-read
Post by: Ripsnort on October 09, 2007, 04:38:14 PM

I've read his stuff. Excellent journalist.

I found this piece touching:

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Over lunch with Chaplain Wilson and our two battalion surgeons, Major Brown and Captain Warr, there was much discussion about the “ethics” of war, and contention about why we afford top-notch medical treatment to terrorists. The treatment terrorists get here is better and more expensive than what many Americans or Europeans can get.

“That’s the difference between the terrorists and us,” Chaplain Wilson kept saying. “Don’t you understand? That’s the difference.”