He's now settled into nicer, more spacious digs, so be sure to drop by, and bookmark the new location.

And his latest dispatch is in: this one focuses on Operation Iraqi Children, the first private charity Yon has fully endorsed since he started this important work.

Pour a fresh cup of coffee, and prepare to start feeling good about what private American citizens are accomplishing in Iraq, with the support of soldiers, Marines, and Coalition allies.

Disclosure: Most of you know that I'm a freelance copyeditor—not that it shows when you read the free-association contained in this blog.

I've begun lending some professional help to the Michael Yon Online Magazine. This should not change the rate at which I link Michael's dispatches, though the fact that I'll sometimes have "sneak previews" of his content may make my descriptions more complete: in the past I'd be so anxious to link a Yon dispatch that I'd often do so before reading it myself.

/obligatory statement from the Bloggers' Ethical Code

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The Commissar points out that the Tribune has done a nice job of combing through all the claims made before the war and evaluated each one against what turned out to be the case, or (with respect to future predictions) what came to pass.

Definitely worth a read.

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There's a nice entry over at OTB that discusses the public information aspect of the War in Iraq. Of course, what needs to be spelled out is that the struggle over here is just as pivotal as the the struggle over there.

Of course, the point is made that the mainstream media over here has authorized itself to label any spin on Iraq other than its own "propaganda," or "misinformation."

This hurts its credibility not at all. Keep it up, guys. Enjoy yourselves.

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Steyn:

The Democratic Party have contrived to get themselves into a situation where bad news from Iraq is good for them and good news from Iraq is bad for them. And as there's a lot more good news than bad these days, that puts them, politically, in a tough spot—even with a fawning media that, faced with Kerry and Murtha talking what in any objective sense is drivel, decline to call for the men with white coats but instead nod solemnly and wonder whether Bush is living "in a bubble."

Oh, wait, and this, too:

George Clooney, the matinee idol, made an interesting point the other day. He said that "liberal" had become a dirty word and he'd like to change that. Fair enough. So I hope he won't mind if I make a suggestion. The best way to reclaim "liberal" for the angels is to get on the right side of history -- the side the Iraqi people are on. The word "liberal" has no meaning if those who wear the label refuse to celebrate the birth of a new democracy after 40 years of tyranny. Yet, if you wandered the Internet on Thursday, you came across far too many "liberals" who watched the election, shrugged and went straight back to Valerie Plame, WMD, Bush lied.

Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers. That's what this is about: Millions of Kurds, Shia and Sunnis beaming as they emerge from polling stations and hold up their purple fingers after the freest, fairest election ever held in the Arab world. "Liberal" in the American sense is a dirty word because it's come to stand for a shriveled parochial obsolescent irrelevance, of which ''Good Night, and Good Luck,'' Clooney's dreary little retread of the McCarthy years, is merely the latest example. (Clooney says he wants more journalists to "speak truth to power," which is why I'm insulting his movie.)

Isn't he precious? Read the whole thing.

Via good ol' Whathisface.

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Today's dispatch covers the election, and includes some meditation on the last two elections held in Iraq. How is it, Yon wonders, that we've often had so much less courage for and confidence in the Iraqis than they've had in themselves?

Read it all: "Third Time's the Charm."

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I wish I could imagine that Saddam had been beaten by his captors. As it is, I'm left hoping that some enterprising MP accidentally swung a rifle butt in the wrong direction when no one was looking. Ah, well.

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It's available at Michael Yon's place; meanwhile, he's working on a dispatch about the elections. Stay tuned.

He's also still offering copies of his book, Danger Close, which would make a nice holiday gift for your favorite warmonger.

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Michael Yon just posted an extraordinary article about the birds that fly over Iraq's capital city: both the organic kind and those made of steel.

He's also sending a note around acknowledging the buzz being generated by the possible Bruce Willis deal, and assuring us that he'll let us know when there's real news to report.

Finally, he's re-printing his book, Danger Close, in a signed limited edition. If you want to read it, I'd recommend that you pre-order a copy off of his sidebar. Some of his photographs are also available there, most in signed editions. Naturally, I recommend supporting his work, since he is the only independent journalist reporting a lot of these stories, and we'd be operating in total darkness without him and the milbloggers. (As others have noted, the U.S. government should be paying domestic publications to print stories about progress in Iraq, since it isn't happening now.)

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Well, one of those telegraphs our intentions to the enemy, and encourages the insurgency to keep going because "help is on the way."

The other is a realistic, hardheaded way to foster Iraqi independence. Rightwing Nuthouse parses out an AP report that discusses a recent "shift" in administration rhetoric. The shift, of course, has to do with the fact that we'll be scaling back our presence in Iraq.

The reason is not Democratic pressure. The reason is that we've been successful.

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Hang him upside down. Then file past him and spit on him. What's so hard about that? Jeez.

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But 56% of Iraqis think things will be better there in six months. Max Boot discusses the impending defeat of the insurgents, economic growth, and the general upward trend.

No word yet from the politically airheaded Boston Legal creative team. Though hope springs eternal.

(h/t: Religion of Peace?)

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1 Hey you, Thanks so much for the linkage. It's good to see you again.

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2 Back atcha!

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he's likely a little stressed out.

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Here, in this rather, um, rambunctious thread over at Protein Wisdom.

(Context: Goldstein's discussing the fact that Bush is finally standing up to his critics on the issue of WMD and how we got into the war.)

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Joyner:

Juvenile grandstanding on the part of his opponents will only serve to help the President.

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You go, boys.

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on the success of the Iraqi election Saturday: "I can remember when Afghanistan was a quagmire."

Indeed.

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but you can't blow out a fire.

[/Peter Gabriel]

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Via con Dios.

[Feel free to correct my Spanish, but I think the sentiment is clear.]

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. . . keep misplacing their copies of Dale Carnegie, huh?

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. . . is panache.

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