Godspeed, soldier.

General Vang Pao, leader of the Hmong, has passed away. (Edited to add: AP obit, by way of the NYT.)

There’s more that I’d like to write about this, but I don’t have my references in front of me right now. In the meantime, for a good take on the general’s legal troubles, here’s a link to a good Popehat essay by the inimitable Patrick.

Edited to add 1/11/2011: Peter over at Bayou Renaissance Man says pretty much everything I would have said.

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  1. Random notes: February 7, 2011. « Whipped Cream Difficulties says:
    February 7, 2011 at 9:14 am

    […] have previously mentioned the death of General Vang Pao, and the question of whether he would be buried at Arlington. The answer to that question was […]