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Michael Yon: Three Marks on the Horizon
Michael Yon: Online Magazine ^ | 13 Aug 2007 | Michael Yon

Posted on 08/13/2007 9:28:14 AM PDT by citizenmike

...Countless acts like these around Iraq are a large part of what has given our guys moral authority with Iraqi Police and Army. Before the war, the Iraqis clearly questioned the courage of our fighters. They no longer question the courage of our fighters, or the abilities of our military leaders.

Large numbers of Iraqis detested us after the prisoner abuse stories, and some over-the-top attacks on Fallujah, for example. But through time, somehow the American military has managed to establish a moral authority in Iraq. It’s not the only authority, but the military has serious and increasing moral clout. In the beginning, our influence flowed from guns, or dropped from the wings of jets. Later it was the money. Today, the clout still is partially from the gun, and definitely the money is key, but there is an intangible and growing moral clout and it flows from an increasing respect among Iraqis for our military. Washington has no moral clout in Iraq. Washington looks like a circus act. The authority is coming from our military. The importance of this fact would be difficult to understate.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; michaelyon

1 posted on 08/13/2007 9:28:15 AM PDT by citizenmike
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To: citizenmike
The Iraqis I speak with couldn’t care less what is said from Washington but large numbers of them pay close attention to what some Marine Gunny says, or what American battalion commanders all over Iraq say. Some of our commanders could probably run for local offices in Iraq, and win.

The money quote.

2 posted on 08/13/2007 9:34:12 AM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: citizenmike
We don't have "fighters".

We have soldiers.

"Fighters" is what the MSM calls "terrorists"

3 posted on 08/13/2007 9:43:52 AM PDT by wny
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To: SandRat; Allegra; Ernest_at_the_Beach

“Our military has increasing moral authority in Iraq, but the same cannot be said for our government at home. In fact, it’s in moral deficit. . . . Washington has no moral clout in Iraq. Washington looks like a circus act. The authority is coming from our military. The importance of this fact would be difficult to understate.”

Iraqis Are Making Political Progress


4 posted on 08/13/2007 5:29:40 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: citizenmike

thanks, bfl


5 posted on 08/13/2007 11:55:16 PM PDT by neverdem (Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
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To: citizenmike

Michael Yon is always right on the money. Thank God he’s out there to tell us what’s really going on.


6 posted on 08/14/2007 12:02:26 AM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor and two Marines! Weasley is Our King!)
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To: Tennessean4Bush
A very powerful statement.

God bless our brave troops and President Bush.

7 posted on 08/14/2007 5:17:25 AM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush.)
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To: jveritas
American troops are the best of us, always have been, and I am humbled at their feet.

I just knew they would reach the Iraqis and the Afgans, their children and their leaders, it just takes time.

And the next generation of children will be harder to recruit into their suicide cult. Could this be the beginning of the end of the Islamic radical’s power?

Modernity is inevitable, and our dead have laid a path to salvation, civilization, and a culture of life for those who wish to take it.

God Bless them all.

8 posted on 08/14/2007 8:54:39 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: roses of sharon
Amen.

God bless our troops.

9 posted on 08/14/2007 9:46:49 AM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush.)
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To: jveritas

The U.S.Military has standards high enough that few of our elected reps/leaders would be let in.


10 posted on 08/14/2007 10:01:17 AM PDT by OldArmy52 (Bush's Legacy: 100 million new Dem voters in next 20 yrs via the 2007 Amnesty Act.)
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To: citizenmike

bttt


11 posted on 08/14/2007 10:04:55 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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