[Dawnsblood]

Excellent reporting as usual. Lots of good pictures.

[Gritty]

Nobody does reporting like this as well as Michael Yon.

He sees a much larger war coming to Afghanistan.

[PGalt]

WOW! Thanks for posting. From Iraqi internal politics to the turbine-mission success in Afghanistan, this is great reporting. HOORAY Michael Yon!

[Squantos]

I thought someone had seem my homepage picture..........:o)

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem.

Pakistan Is the Problem -
And Barack Obama seems to be the only candidate willing to face it
[Barf alert!]
slate.com | Sept. 15, 2008 | Christopher Hitchens
Posted on 09/15/2008 2:41:44 PM PDT by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083011/posts

[snip] The truth is that the Taliban, and its al-Qaida guests, were originally imposed on Afghanistan from without as a projection of Pakistani state power. (Along with Pakistan, only Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ever recognized the Taliban as the legal government in Kabul.) Important circles in Pakistan have never given up the aspiration to run Afghanistan as a client or dependent or proxy state, and this colonial mindset is especially well-entrenched among senior army officers and in the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI. [end]

[Mercia]

excellent reporting and both photographic and written from Mr Yon. thankyou for posting this article.