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As always on Veteran’s Day, we take a few moments to thank all the veterans of our armed forces for their contributions and sacrifices. (Google does have a very nice special logo for this Veteran’s Day, for which we thank them.)
The rumors that President Obama would cut and run from Afghanistan appear to have been greatly exaggerated. President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized — and the Pentagon is deploying ...
Michael Yon attends Holland’s memorial for the 65th anniversary of the Allied liberation from Nazi occupation, with lots of interesting photographs as always: Market Garden.
Here’s a preview of tomorrow’s right wing blogosphere/religious right (is there a difference?) Outrage of the Day: Obama tells gay rights group he will end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’. Reporting from Washington - President Obama, speaking to the nation’s largest gay rights organization, pledged tonight to end the law ...
Barack Obama, Gay Rights, Military, Outrageous Outrage, Nontroversy, Religious Right
Michael Yon has a new report from Afghanistan, including a video clip: Two Firefights: One Video. [Video] This weekend we lost eight more soldiers in a firefight. I learned about it while they were still fighting, but did not report it until just before the media broke the story ...
Newsmax columnist John L. Perry published this article at the site yesterday, and it’s apparently been tossed down the memory hole. For obvious reasons. This is the original URL; it now redirects to Newsmax’s front page. But unfortunately for Newsmax and their attempt to cover it up, Google’s cache still ...
Barack Obama, Sedition, Coup, Military, Extremism, Far Right, Bad Craziness
Another terrific post full of photographs from Afghanistan, by Michael Yon: Pedros.
Michael Yon has another report from Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, as usual with excellent photographs and commentary: Eight Years After 9/11.
Michael Yon emailed to let me know he’s now unembedded in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Here’s his latest dispatch: New Afghan war: Frontline correspondent says fight has morphed – but we still can’t afford to lose.
Michael Yon’s latest must-read report from Afghanistan paints a pretty grim picture; he says the British are losing Helmand Province.
Michael Yon is no longer embedded with British forces in Afghanistan; he’s moved over to the US Air Force. (He doesn’t say why, but he does write that it was a “sudden ending of my embed.”) UPDATE at 8/27/09 1:18:45 pm: Chalk it up to bureaucracy.
Michael Yon emails from Afghanistan to say, “It’s the wild west out here:” Bad Medicine. Lots of riveting photos, as always.
In Afghanistan’s North Helmand Province, where Michael Yon is embedded with the Brits, the elections didn’t turn out very well. This dispatch has been dictated by satellite phone due to communications difficulties. My satellite gear has failed on election day. I do not know how well the ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Election
As Afghanistan holds presidential elections, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the war — and there’s a stark difference on party lines. A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
Another photo-filled essay from Afghanistan by Michael Yon, memorializing lost comrades as the fighting heats up: The Kopp-Etchells Effect.
Another report from the indispensable Michael Yon, in Afghanistan with the British Army: No Young Soldiers.
Michael Yon, Afghanistan, Military, War, Anti-Jihad, Photograph
Michael Yon emailed this striking photograph of a helicopter landing in hot, dusty conditions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Michael Yon, Afghanistan, Military, War, Anti-Jihad, Photograph
Michael Yon reports from Afghanistan on a disturbing development. UPDATE at 8/6/09 11:11:27 am: I realized that some readers will probably assume that the idea of granting habeas corpus rights to all battlefield detainees comes from the Obama administration, so please note: the administration is opposed to the ruling. ...
Kudos to Google for this new initiative: Google Voice invitations for military personnel. They’re giving away free priority invitations to their powerful new telephone management system, to all military service members. Google Voice lets you use one number for all your phones, gives you free US long distance and very ...
Google, Cell Phones, telecommunications, Google Voice, Military
Another great must-read report with plenty of photos by Michael Yon, embedded with the British Army in Sangin, Afghanistan: Resurrection.
Michael Yon in Afghanistan’s Helmand River valley: An Artery of Opium, a Vein of Taliban.
Michael Totten continues his must-read series on The Future of Iraq, Part IV. I don’t think many Iraqis today are afraid of the state. But everybody was terrified of Saddam Hussein’s totalitarian government. Speaking their minds could get them imprisoned or killed. It could get an entire family dragged ...
Michael Yon emailed to say he expects to be in combat by the time you read this; here’s his last peaceful dispatch for a while (he says), with lots of fascinating photographs: Some Photos and Captions.
Michael Yon is going back into combat in Afghanistan, alongside the real anti-jihad activists — the US Marines.
Robert Spencer is mixing it up with Michael J. Totten and Mary Madigan at Totten’s pad. Totten asks Spencer a good question about his announced participation in the “Pro-Koln” conference — a question I’ve brought up as well: If the nutjobs in Cologne did nothing but invite Pamela, why ...
Michael J. Totten, Iraq, Journalism, Baghdad, Military, Robert Spencer, Andrew Bostom