Who benefits?
If Yon is, after all these years a fake, fraud, crazy...give him rope.
Let’s see, we have a organization that is not noted for open thinking. The military. We have an dis-organization of the multi-national semi-force......and we got a guy with a laptop...and he’s the one that has to go.
Yeah, right.
And excuse me for not jumping on the anti-McChrystal bandwagon without it. UPDATE: US Air Force Lt. Col. Edward T. Sholtis, with the public affairs office of the ISAF command in Afghanistan writes:
“Yon started his embed in Kandahar on 3 February with invitational orders lasting 87 days, much longer than a typical embed,” a U.S. military official who asked not to be named said. “As his agreed-upon time in Afghanistan began to wind down, he let it be known that he intended to remain embedded through August of this year. Given a finite ability to host embedded reporters, this decision amounted to a choice to deny some of his colleagues an opportunity that he had enjoyed from more than two months, and which he can always request to repeat. The ripple effects of that choice in one way or another would have impacted 26 journalists currently scheduled to embed later this month (who are still waiting to be matched with available slots), 76 who have been wait-listed because of a lack of slots, and hundreds more who are hoping to embed in Kandahar later this summer. The responsible PAOs therefore decided to disembed Yon against his wishes, which coincides with the period when the verbal attacks against General McChrystal started.”
“Prior to that, Yon’s reporting of coalition operations had been critical, but not in a way that raised any serious concerns here in Kabul.” he continued.