It has been one thing to read Michael Yon’s dispatches, (there is a new one posted today), but quite another to hear him in a live podcast linked at Instapundit.

How interesting it is to listen to Michael speak from first hand experience about the successes of the surge, General Petraeus, Iraq citizens and their opinions of al Qaeda, and his overall take from his first report when arriving in country to present.

I have always maintained one of the reasons I have such respect for Michael is his ability to report as he sees and if that means bucking the powers in Washington from the President down he has done so.

Thanks to the Glenn and Helen Show for providing us the opportunity to share a bit of time with a man many of us have come to trust and admire.