[antimedia] antimedia: Michael Yon has hit the big time....

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Posted by antimedia:
Michael Yon has hit the big time....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1173841941.shtml


   ....with [1]Fox News featuring one of his dispatches from Iraq. And
   it's a [2]must read, telling the stories of war like only Michael can.

     Some of the soldiers streaming into Iraq are raw and new to battle.
     Others are serving their second, third and fourth combat tours,
     having fought across Afghanistan, or down in Africa, or in some
     corner in a secret fight, on a special team of some sort, killing
     men in jungle camps in South America, in wars few people have heard
     about. Around the world, dangerous American soldiers will close in
     on men tonight and kill them in small battles that will never be
     spoken of. Al Qaeda turned it on, but is powerless to turn it off.
     Terrorists started this war with killing, and now are suing for
     peace with more killing, lashing out at schoolyards, marketplaces,
     and soccer matches, blowing up kids, women, and men on their way to
     work or worship. All to win the battle for headlines, which they
     are certain to get; the greater the savagery, the bigger the font.
     Our soldiers, meaning the soldiers from countries like the United
     Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, yes France, and the United
     States, are better in all aspects but one: The terrorists somehow
     manage to beat us all in our respective medias. We may own the air,
     but terrorists own the airwaves.

   How will the media explain that, when the histories of this war are
   written? You and I may be dead by then, but our children and
   grandchildren will shake their heads in wonderment that our media
   could fail so abjectly. (Hat tip to an old Army buddy who bears the
   scars of war.)

References

   1. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258498,00.html
   2. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/ernie-is-dead.htm