Citizen Warrior Journalist

Everyone is linking to the missives of Michael Yon for a very good reason. At first I thought that he was the latest in a long line of willing and able OIF warriors whose musings were unfiltered by the traditional media and unhampered—for obvious reasons--by unwillingness to venture outside of the Green Zone, the “safe” area for journalists in Baghdad.

As it turns out, Mr. Yon is a civilian who is doing what he’s doing because he wants to. I envy him and am grateful to him.

Go buy him a new camera, among other things.

Comments

[StinKerr]

Michael Yon has done a great job and has earned the trust of the troops he's reporting on.

Subscribing to his posting notifications is well worth the slight effort.

[2Slick]

Hey!

Thanks for dropping by my site last week. Glad to see you're doing well as always. I agree about Yon- the guy is awesome. The world needs more like him. And you, too!