In the time of the Persian wars, the likes of Herodotus did not report from the conflict but rather wrote about the events thereafter. Since the advent of journalism in its modern form, brave men and women have been sent to battlefields abroad, not to fight but to report therefrom and live to do so.  That is why I did tonight as Roy Pinney and even Christiane Amanpour has done before me. I … [Read more...]