Mike Yon's "Superman"

Posted By Blackfive

I had seen the recent insurgent propaganda video of our soldiers being blown up in a Stryker, but didn't know the outcome or the truth of it.

Mike Yon, as always, gets the truth to you even as the insurgency produces soundbites of our defeat for our media, no matter the lack of veracity.  In his post, "Superman", Mike provides an insurgent video of an IED attack on one of our Strykers.  It's tough to watch, but you need to see it and then read what Mike has to say:

...As the bomb detonated beneath it, the General Lee arced like a dolphin from the sea of Hell. LT Brad Krauss can be seen flying out like Superman, if you look closely and imagine real hard. PFC Devon Hoch can clearly be seen standing in the back hatch. And that was it. Our guys’ lives seemed to be reduced to propaganda. The terrorists published reports that the soldiers were killed.

The story might have ended in the American press:

Four Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bomb Northwest of Baghdad

Four U.S. soldiers were killed today northwest of Baghdad when their Stryker vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb. Names of the service members are being withheld until notification of next of kin. The controversial Stryker vehicle is increasingly under fire by critics who claim that its armor is insufficient to protect troops in Iraq. Elsewhere, Iraqi and U.S. forces killed at least 50 people in Baghdad after three days of fighting in the area around Haifa street. About 130 people have been killed since Saturday. Separately, 27 bodies thought to be Shia were found shot. . . .

But that’s not exactly how it turned out...

Go to Mike's blog to read the whole story.  Michael Yon is the absolutely most aggressive and courageous embed in Iraq.  He runs toward the sound of gunfire.  Mike's value is that he puts context around the missions, the sacrifices, and the danger.  He'll give you the good, the bad and the ugly - served straight up, neat, no ice. 

I promise, "Superman" is well worth your valuable time.

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Mike Yon's "Superman"

I had seen the recent insurgent propaganda video of our soldiers being blown up in a Stryker, but didn't know the outcome or the truth of it.

Mike Yon, as always, gets the truth to you even as the insurgency produces soundbites of our defeat for our media, no matter the lack of veracity.  In his post, "Superman", Mike provides an insurgent video of an IED attack on one of our Strykers.  It's tough to watch, but you need to see it and then read what Mike has to say:

...As the bomb detonated beneath it, the General Lee arced like a dolphin from the sea of Hell. LT Brad Krauss can be seen flying out like Superman, if you look closely and imagine real hard. PFC Devon Hoch can clearly be seen standing in the back hatch. And that was it. Our guys’ lives seemed to be reduced to propaganda. The terrorists published reports that the soldiers were killed.

The story might have ended in the American press:

Four Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bomb Northwest of Baghdad

Four U.S. soldiers were killed today northwest of Baghdad when their Stryker vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb. Names of the service members are being withheld until notification of next of kin. The controversial Stryker vehicle is increasingly under fire by critics who claim that its armor is insufficient to protect troops in Iraq. Elsewhere, Iraqi and U.S. forces killed at least 50 people in Baghdad after three days of fighting in the area around Haifa street. About 130 people have been killed since Saturday. Separately, 27 bodies thought to be Shia were found shot. . . .

But that’s not exactly how it turned out...

Go to Mike's blog to read the whole story.  Michael Yon is the absolutely most aggressive and courageous embed in Iraq.  He runs toward the sound of gunfire.  Mike's value is that he puts context around the missions, the sacrifices, and the danger.  He'll give you the good, the bad and the ugly - served straight up, neat, no ice. 

I promise, "Superman" is well worth your valuable time.

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