Reuters-Come-Lately to Khyber Pass and Georgia Story

The Khyber Pass (Image from Wikimedia)

From the Captain's Journal:

In addition to original reporting, sometimes blogs owners contribute to review and analysis of existing data and information that isn’t otherwise performed within the main stream media. Myra MacDonald with Reuters has landed on the story of the Khyper Pass and the potential strategic partnership between the U.S. and Russia (while still not discussing the alternative via Georgia) to create new logistical lines of supply to Afghanistan.

She links to some well worn articles with the Washington Post, New York Times, IHT, a Robert Gates commentary for Foreign Affairs, and several other sources, and then asks some salient questions about the price of the partnership with Russia to provide a line of supply into Afghanistan, concluding with the following promise: “This is one I’m going to watch closely and I would appreciate comments and links to stories that illuminate the subject both before and after Jan 20.”

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My Comment: The Captain's Journal is accurate on how news organizations like Reuters or The New York Times follow and develop news stories .... in fact .... the failure of the main stream media to follow stories and/or to report stories with an ideological bias is one of the reasons why we started this blog.

Our goal has always been to simply supplement the daily dose of information that we get from big news organizations with the on the ground reporting and analysis from people who are there or who have experience on what is happening there. I love to give blogs like the Captain's Journal traffic and a greater audience. The Captian's Journal, Michael Yon, Michael Totten, The Long War Journal, Small Wars Journal, and a few others ... all of these blogs are excellent .... and provide better information and analysis than what Reuters, AFP, AP or The New York Times can provide.

For War News Updates, the fact that WNU is read by many in the business gives us a sense of satisfaction that what we are doing is having an impact .... and in turn I hope that the blogs that we highlight will also get the credit and support which they deserve.