{"id":202,"date":"2009-08-05T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/sangin-afghanistan-photo-essay-from-michael-yon"},"modified":"2009-08-05T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T13:02:07","slug":"sangin-afghanistan-photo-essay-from-michael-yon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Sangin, Afghanistan, photo essay from Michael Yon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;Michael Yon sends back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/common-scenes-common-thoughts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">photos<\/a> from Sangin, Afghanistan as he follows the Ghurkas and Brits during another night and day of intense desert heat, IEDs, and other threats to survival.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a4c8cfa6970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2690acc-730\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a4c8cfa6970b \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a4c8cfa6970b-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px;\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He captures the essence of life on the front lines in the military and discusses how enlightened self-interest on the part of Afghan civilians will determine the future stability of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a4c8cee5970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2777acc-730\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a4c8cee5970b \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a4c8cee5970b-250wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 10px; width: 250px;\" \/><\/a> This part of Afghanistan seems to combine primitive living conditions and rare touches of 21st century technology.&#0160; If it ever gets stabilized, it will probably become a tourist attraction again for those travelers who yearn to visit more primitive cultures.<\/p>\n<p>His latest despatch is titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/common-scenes-common-thoughts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Common Sense &amp; Common Thoughts.<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;Michael Yon sends back photos from Sangin, Afghanistan as he follows the Ghurkas and Brits during another night and day of intense desert heat, IEDs, and other threats to survival. He captures the essence of life on the front lines &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=202\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1814,1826],"tags":[40,380],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-3g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}