{"id":32095,"date":"2013-01-06T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T00:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/06\/of-mud-and-war.html"},"modified":"2013-01-06T17:05:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T00:05:28","slug":"of-mud-and-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/06\/of-mud-and-war.html","title":{"rendered":"Of Mud and War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s funny &#8212; we think of Iraq as a desert country, and Afghanistan as arid mountains. \u00a0But mud is a major problem there &#8212; and in a lot of other countries we&#39;re not (yet) fighting in.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/116872422881905005705\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"116872422881905005705\">Fred Kiesche<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/images\/stories\/010613mud\/image007-1000.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/amber-of-war.htm'>Amber of War<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Yon Online Magazine dispatches from the Frontline of Iraq and Afghanistan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/CDxQQhbdqCi' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s funny &#8212; we think of Iraq as a desert country, and Afghanistan as arid mountains. \u00a0But mud is a major problem there &#8212; and in a lot of other countries we&#39;re not (yet) fighting in. 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