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Michael Yon: Superman
michaelyon-online.com ^
| Jul 16, 2007
| Michael Yon
Posted on 07/16/2007 2:11:55 PM PDT by neverdem
Route Tampa is the major supply route for Coalition forces in Iraq. Billions of dollars worth of gear and supplies are pumped up the northbound artery, while rumbling down the southbound vein back to Kuwait are damaged vehicles, units returning from a year or longer at war and convoys of empty trucks. Along the way, thousands of blue, black and clear plastic bags twirl, swirl and skitter in the hot dusty winds. The bags ramble about like so much plastic tumbleweed; aligning along the wind, drifting along the desert currents until they catch on nettles, concertina or the shards of wreckage. On those summer days so hot machines and bodies begin to falter, the air inside the bags is heated just a few degrees more, enough that some bags spontaneously buoy and drift away.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; michaelyon; stryker
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posted on
07/16/2007 2:11:56 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: snippy_about_it
This is a pretty good tribute to the Stryker and our magnificent troops.
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posted on
07/16/2007 2:21:21 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: neverdem
An amazing piece from Yon.
It's hard to tell what's made of sterner stuff - the Strykers or our troops?
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posted on
07/16/2007 2:36:42 PM PDT
by
AngryJawa
({IDPA, NRA} GO HUNTER '08)
To: neverdem
What brave young men we have. May God bless them all.
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posted on
07/16/2007 2:37:32 PM PDT
by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
To: neverdem
His writing is outstanding and I am very thankful he is willing to risk going over there to give us an honest portrait of our troops. If only a few more media types shared that honesty and dedication.
To: neverdem
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posted on
07/16/2007 2:46:03 PM PDT
by
cll
(Carthage must be destroyed)
To: neverdem
Awesome story. Thank you so very much for posting it. Yon is a treasure.
To: Steelerfan
Yon is himself a hero in the WW2 tradition of American war reporting. He has truly inspired me.
8
posted on
07/16/2007 3:04:13 PM PDT
by
brigadoon
To: 1 Olgoat; 103198; 10Ring; 11Bush; 1stbn27; 2ndClassCitizen; 2SterlingConservatives; 2yearlurker; ...
This is one of those, "must go read the whole story" stories.
Superman and the General Lee.
God Bless our amazing troops!
To: tgslTakoma
To: Billthedrill
I second your comments on this amazing story about our warriors and their equipment.
11
posted on
07/16/2007 4:10:06 PM PDT
by
mcshot
(They spend foolishly on wine, women and song with little evidence of song.)
To: tgslTakoma
Many thanks for the Ping! What a wonderful writer and the wonderful men he chronicles.
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posted on
07/16/2007 4:53:15 PM PDT
by
maica
(America will be a hyperpower that's all hype and no power -- if we do not prevail in Iraq)
To: neverdem
To: neverdem; SandRat
Bump and a ping.
They take a licking and keep on ticking.
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posted on
07/16/2007 5:03:56 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: neverdem; csvset; 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; ...
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posted on
07/16/2007 5:06:12 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: af_vet_rr; ALOHA RONNIE; American in Israel; American Soldier; archy; armymarinemom; bad company; ..
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posted on
07/16/2007 5:10:21 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: maica
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posted on
07/16/2007 5:13:44 PM PDT
by
AJMaXx
(ILU Roo.....!)
To: brigadoon
Yon is himself a hero in the WW2 tradition of American war reporting. He has truly inspired me.Mr.Yon is the true literary descendant of Ernie Pyle, without any doubt...
the infowarrior
To: SLB
An amazing story about the tough Strykers and the even tougher men who man them.
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posted on
07/16/2007 5:47:48 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
(The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
To: AJMaXx
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posted on
07/16/2007 5:51:04 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
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