…From a great journalist.
I don’t know if any of you know who Michael Yon is, but if you read this article, you will.
No, I don’t know him personally. He is just a lot better at saying what I’ve said since we kicked off Iraq. Nobody see’s what we’re doing over there. Nobody knows the fight we have to fight for information supremacy. Nobody seems to care that we get 1000 times more news from insurgent groups than we do from our own front line soldiers.
It started in Kosovo, where we went in and stopped the madness. Not only were we involved in the conflict side of things, but we rebuilt the roads and the public works, the schools, started jobs, helped with industry…but nobody knows where Kosovo is or what impact we had. Nobody cares that we were clearing out hundreds of thousands of acres of landmines.
Iraq is no different. Nor is Afghanistan. People see the fact that Iraq is a country with smelly black crap under it’s ground, and that will make our cars go. They don’t see that we’re rebuilding that country, or protecting the people from themselves, trying to be the shield to stop the bullets.
Though I may not agree with ever even going into Iraq to begin with, the simple truth of the matter is, we’re there. Can’t change that now….so why not support the people over there, the ones that are trying to make a difference. Why not support them by showing all the good we’re doing, so we can beat the insurgency or terrorist media at the game they have mastered.
