links for 2010-06-25

• Two big military scalps for Michael Yon
  Well, I wouldn’t cross Michael Yon, the intrepid independent war reporter and photographer who has covered the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with distinction and dogged intensity. For weeks, he was fulimating about two men – Brigadier-General Daniel Menard of the Canadian Army and General Stanley McChrystal. Then, two things happened. First, Menard was fired. Then, McChrystal was fired.