Michael's Dispatches

Michael, my problem with what you've written doesn't lie in the details, it lies in the fact that you are repeating the propaganda that is being unleashed for one purpose. That purpose is to soften the American public for the further unconstitutional (read illegal) restrictions on firearm and ammunition ownership, transfer, and carrying in the US. You are providing a forum for the propaganda without applying your usual critical thinking skills. And in almost the same breath, you express something like a moral equivalence between the government's unconstitutional (read illegal, or maybe treasonous) behaviour towards citizens who are doing nothing more than engaging in a God-given right, and between individuals who want nothing more than the government to leave them and their guns the hell alone. That would be like saying, "I don't trust Al Qaeda, but I don't trust the US military either, so I will listen to both sides and see if we can come to a reasonable compromise." I expected better from you Michael.

I'm sure there are some who have misquoted you Mr. Yon, but the problem isn't what you've said, it's what you are alluding to and promoting. When you promote the idea (aggressively I might add) that 90% of the weapons the drug cartels in Mexico are using come from the U.S. you invite the common sense response...."BS!" We all know that full auto weapons, rocket launchers, and grenades most likely do NOT come from the US. The vast majority of weapons seized in raids are not traces, and it has been pointed out that the most likely reason for that is that those weapons obviously are not traceable to the US.

The longer you continue promoting your biased views on this issue the more readers will drop their respect for you. I'm nearly there. If you can be so off base on some issues it's difficult for me to believe your credibility is there when reporting on the war.