{"id":522,"date":"2007-06-13T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T13:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/michael_yon_is_"},"modified":"2007-06-13T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T13:55:58","slug":"michael_yon_is_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"Michael Yon is still with the Brits in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The more I see of Michael Yon&#8217;s dispatches, the more I admire those who are out in Iraq doing their jobs as soldiers. This is one of the Queens Lancers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=400,height=267,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/13\/yonphoto10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/2007\/06\/13\/yonphoto10.jpg\" title=\"Yonphoto10\" alt=\"Yonphoto10\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the first war that we at home have had a prayer of getting firsthand information on what is happening and who the players are.<\/p>\n<p>Every day involves avoiding death and confronting the stark realities of life in the desert. At the same time, we get to see the human dimensions of life in present-day Iraq through the lens of Michael&#8217;s camera.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/wp\/death-or-glory-part-iii-of-iv.htm\">Death or Glory<\/a>, Michaels embed with the Queens Royal Lancers. Read all three parts and draw your own conclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more I see of Michael Yon&#8217;s dispatches, the more I admire those who are out in Iraq doing their jobs as soldiers. This is one of the Queens Lancers. This is the first war that we at home have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=522\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1779],"tags":[1456,1454,40,1455],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-8q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522"}],"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=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}