Comments on: The Road War

By: nach

nach — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:23:42 +0000

Check out Michael Yon, an independent journalist who raises his own funds to cover his costs. He’s been in Iraq for years and is now moving to the front lines again. I’ve found his coverage very insightful and actually bears much evidence of critical thinking. He’s not bias free (ex-special forces), but he’s also actually there, in the middle of things.

By: b

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:02:32 +0000

Hi Joshua - only found this today - the FT had agood piece on the road war on Aug 12: Taliban attacks Nato by choking supplies It is behind the (free) subscription curtain - I have excerpted a lot of it here

By: Joshua Foust

Joshua Foust — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:09 +0000

Don’t forget the countless hours of coverage of the shocking revelation that a politician lied about cheating on his wife, since the U.S. has never seen that phenomenon before, ever, in any of its leaders. No one even mentioned the funnier/sadder side of that, which is that now we know cheating on your cancer-ridden wife is actually a bi-partisan affair, so to speak, and not just a Republican thing.

But we digress. With very few exceptions, the Brits and Canadians provide the best modern coverage of Afghanistan out there, period. And they didn’t even start this war.

By: Josh SN

Josh SN — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:29 +0000

Thanks for the link to the Canadian “firefighter” story.

One thing that struck me is, if it is so easy to avoid the roads and go through the desert… maybe roads aren’t as big a priority as we are making out.

This also looks like a good space for civilian-assisted satellite photography analysis. We are looking not for any type of car, but cars that stop in the middle of a stretch of road.

Re: The American Media
What are you talking about? I’ve seen that there have been many, many hours of coverage of the missing Baby Caylee.