.... Yon couldn’t accept that rationale. “McChrystal’s crew has declared an information war on me,” he posted to Facebook. “If McChrystal knew what he was doing, he would not be drawing attention to his staff.”
He called McChrystal’s aides “crazy monkeys,” and said that he had “compelling evidence of General McChrystal’s smear campaign” against him. “Official statements by his people — in writing — have been defamatory and libelous.”
________________ “I think the best analogy is to a court of law. If I (or the state) accuse X of some criminal act, I bear the burden of proof. If I fail to provide legally sufficient proof, X will be acquitted even if he never raises a single defense or provides any exculpatory evidence.
This is the situation with Yon.
He has accused PAO and McChrystal. But he has provided no evidence.”
http://www.villainouscompany.com/vcblog/archives/2010/05/the_credibility.html
And now Mudville too? “Over on Facebook, our old friend Mike Yon links a piece by Chris Carter at Human Events. That piece is an unqualified endorsement of Mike Yon, so no surprise there.
And unfortunately, this comment Mike added later doesn’t surprise me either:
Michael Yon: “James — some of the milkookery is catching up to them. They will be left with no responsible readership. These days I don’t take anyone seriously who links to Blackfive, Mudville Gazette, and some of the others. Notice that none have admitted just how badly they messed up. More likely to want to compare service records, which is like grown men talking about their high school football days. Sad but also darkly funny. None of them had the guts to take on Menard. None are taking on McChrystal. Some of the milkooks are blogbullies who did not expect to be called out.”
So, like yesterday, I asked Mike for clarification.
Mike, Chris Carter, the guy you link above, writes at Blackfive.
But what’s Mudville got to do with it?
I got no answer yesterday, so I don’t expect one today...” either. http://www.mudvillegazette.com/033709.html
There is like what, a handful, if that of correspondents out in the hills, with the troops. I don’t know of any with the mil experience of Yon, let alone time in these two wars.....and so that’s the guy you give the boot to because....there’s too many embeds?
You believe that, publicly, command approved statement? So, is the Admiral lying, or stupid, or both?