The Two Michaels

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Mike Yon has a new post up today about Iraq, Al Qaeda and us - mistakes, defeats and victories:

...I’ve seen the Iraqi Army with my own eyes. I’ve done many missions in 2005 and 2007, in many places in Iraq, along with the Iraqi Army: please believe me when I say that, on the whole, the Iraqi Army is remarkably better in 2007 and far more effective than it was in 2005. By 2007, the Iraqis were doing most of the fighting. And . . . this is very important . . . they see our Army and Marines as serious allies, and in many cases as friends. Please let the potential implications of that sink in...

And Michael Totten has a dispatch from Fallujah - its an extensive look into the heart of Al Qaeda from the Iraqi point of view.  Michael also discusses this point that I've heard made many times by those who have been to the ME:

...For all the hatred in the Middle East, there is also forgiveness, and moderation. Where are the moderate Muslims? ask many Americans. I find the question bizarre. I meet them every day in Iraq, and everywhere else in the Middle East, too. The problem is they have a hard time getting attention in newspapers and magazines that wallow in sensationalism...

So grab a cup of coffee and read Yon and Tottens' reports.  Both of them are pals of ours here at Blackfive because, quite simply, you won't get the truth straighter from any other source.

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The Two Michaels

Mike Yon has a new post up today about Iraq, Al Qaeda and us - mistakes, defeats and victories:

...I’ve seen the Iraqi Army with my own eyes. I’ve done many missions in 2005 and 2007, in many places in Iraq, along with the Iraqi Army: please believe me when I say that, on the whole, the Iraqi Army is remarkably better in 2007 and far more effective than it was in 2005. By 2007, the Iraqis were doing most of the fighting. And . . . this is very important . . . they see our Army and Marines as serious allies, and in many cases as friends. Please let the potential implications of that sink in...

And Michael Totten has a dispatch from Fallujah - its an extensive look into the heart of Al Qaeda from the Iraqi point of view.  Michael also discusses this point that I've heard made many times by those who have been to the ME:

...For all the hatred in the Middle East, there is also forgiveness, and moderation. Where are the moderate Muslims? ask many Americans. I find the question bizarre. I meet them every day in Iraq, and everywhere else in the Middle East, too. The problem is they have a hard time getting attention in newspapers and magazines that wallow in sensationalism...

So grab a cup of coffee and read Yon and Tottens' reports.  Both of them are pals of ours here at Blackfive because, quite simply, you won't get the truth straighter from any other source.

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