I routinely support our military in its endeavors, but I, too, must protest at their fleecing of Michael Yon.
Memo to the Army: Yon was one of the best war correspondents of the past 4 years and brought a lot of perspective and flavor to those of us watching from the stateside sidelines. To treat him unjustly is more than just rude – it’s abjectly stupid. Apologize and pay the man his due. For goodness’ sake, he had to appeal his case to Ted Kennedy to get any traction on this issue.
Sheesh. A bureaucracy is a bureaucracy, I guess, no matter what uniform it wears.
Tone-Deaf Back At The Old H.Q.
BREAKING NEWS: ARMY REVERSES COURSE; DOES RIGHT BY MICHAEL YON…
What we have here is the ability to communicate! Bloggers have rallied behind Michael Yon in his copyright battle with the US Army in a major way over the past 24 hours.
Michael was in a stalemate for seven months, getting nowhere, until blogs lik…
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