No Time For The Killin’ Floor
If your interest in Iraq goes beyond the mindless daily body counts of the national press, which has lately taken to whining about the military not allowing more photos of dead soldiers on newspaper front pages, then you will enjoy this email with photos from Michael Yon.
Yon isn’t one of those bloggers who sits in the comfort of his own home pontificating about Iraq and what needs to be done; Yon is embedded with the military in Anbar Province and sees what is happening there first hand.
Yon was able to attend a tribal meeting in Hit, Anbar Province with the US military, the local sheiks and the local police. Horse-trading (camel-trading?) and politicking ensued. It is a fascinating glimpse into how another culture “does business”.
As Yon says, a “huge part of the war is about business, influence and resources.” You’d never know it if you only watched/read the US national press where body counts are the only news that’s fit to print.
Next to those who ignore news altogether, the most ill-informed people in the country are those that only rely on national media for information.
I think Al Gore agrees with me on this.
Is it a concern at all that Michael Yon relies on the sole-support of his readers, readers who like you agree without question about his take on Iraq? In other words, have you simply found a “reporter” who reinforces your held views about the war and now you declare him the only fountain of truth?
Comment by Tom | May 29, 2007
Well gee Tom, no more than you “agree without question” on the MSM as the “fountain of truth”.
But do tell Tom, what “reporters who reinforce your held views about the war” do you agree with?
This could get interesting.
Comment by qcexaminer | May 29, 2007
Hit a nerve? I’m just wondering, much like our current administration, have you surrounded yourself with someone who provides you with the facts that support your preconceived notion of what’s happening there. Do you believe anyone who isn’t telling you what you want to hear is telling you the truth?
Comment by Tom | May 29, 2007
Hey Tom, have YOU surrounded yourself with those who provide you with the facts that support your preconceived notion of what’s happening….? You don’t say, even though I asked you, point blank.
I’m thinking you don’t want to say who you turn to to “support your preconceived nation of what’s happening”.
But please, do tell.
Otherwise, buzz off.
Comment by qcexaminer | May 29, 2007
Borring, I’ll buzz off.
Comment by Tom | May 29, 2007
Yeah, I’m cryin’
Comment by qcexaminer | May 29, 2007
Oops! I guess you hit a nerve QCX.
Comment by thescoundrel | May 29, 2007
But if I buzz off and quit reading you, you disappear. You become one more crazy person shouting into the endless void that is the Internet. You might want to consider telling me something I want to hear. Just like Michael Yon.
Comment by Tom | May 30, 2007