Listen to this guy. Michael Yon was nearly 100% correct in his analysis of Iraq. He correctly pinpointed the turning point during the Anbar Awakening. He is the closest thing America has to a REAL JOURNALIST and his assessments of Afghanistan ring true-—little things like the impressions Afghans have of U.S. troops living in tents. Cultural things like that are easy to miss.
Just so. Darned near the only war reporter extant with an open mind and his feet on the ground. Maybe the Ernie Pyle of our time.
>>Cultural things like that are easy to miss.
Yes, like how for years, officers, NCO’s and other military personnel paraded around Iraq with those damn sunglasses attempting to achieve some empathy and contact with the locals.
Dumb.
They can be a tool of intimidation and how would you trust a man or woman whose eyes you cannot see, never mind the prevalent difficulties of communication and language.