Interview with a Marine

One criticism of Blogs is that they don't do any original reporting, just comment and rant about news that's picked up by the main stream media(msm). This is often in the context of MSMs getting defensive when blogs start to go after them as corrupt, and often use words like "outdated" and "old media" and "new media."
But it's also true that there is some original reporting in the blogosphere. Some blogs, like Powerline, call people up and check things out. Some even do interviews. This is one of those.
Gringo Unleashed does a fabulous interview with a Marine just back from Iraq. He asks him how guarding election posts was, how the marines are dealing with Iraqi perception of them has been difficult and how things are going in general. It's a pretty good interview.
Check it out.