Michael Yon has just posted his first Dispatch from Iraq. It is a wonderful photo essay. He writes about his plans for 2007,
I plan to spend the entirety of 2007 with our troops at war, until sickness, wounds or worse send me home, or the military tires of my presence and catapults me over the wire. Having spent most of 2005 in Iraq, I know what this means. �??Drive-by reporting,�?� as some commanders call it, is worse than no reporting at all. The only way to approach describing what our troops experience, and what is really happening in Iraq, is to go the distance.
Michael will be joining us on Pundit Review Radio for regular updates from all across Iraq in the coming weeks.
Michael finances these trips on his own. He is not being paid by a media organization. He does not accept advertisements on his website. He is 100% independent, and that is why we’ve come to expect the good, the bad and the ugly from his reporting. As you can imagine, the costs are staggering. If you appreciate what Michael is doing to report the truth from Iraq, and have the means to support him, you can do so here.