Michael Yon brings the reality of war home

I've posted about Michael Yon before. And he is still an indispensable resource for news in Iraq. Take the time... no, Make the time to read his reports. You will learn a lot, and maybe even feel a little of the war. We should feel more than we do of this critical moment in history. Please read what follow this passage.

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On 31 December 2006, free fuel was mostly cut off to the IA in a further attempt to show the Iraqi government that the Coalition means business. There is finite time to stand up; the Coalition wants to go home sooner than later, and if we leave the nipple wet, the baby will never grow up. Free fuel was cut.

As predicted by our military leadership, this caused lurches in the system. In Mosul the IA scaled back patrols. This is where national policy meets the road. Literally. At the battalion level. The route where the giant bomb was hidden had not been swept by IA in four days.

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There were five occupants in the humvee...