Does Embedding with the Taliban Make You a Traitor? (Updated)
-- Danger Room (Wired Magazine)
-- Danger Room (Wired Magazine)
Two weeks ago, Rolling Stone published the most detailed Western account to date from within the Taliban insurgency. Now, a fighting has erupted in military circles over the story, "How We Lost the War We Won." Is journalist Nir Rosen a traitor, for telling the Taliban's story? Or are his critics the ones spouting anti-American tones, for ignoring the 1st Amendment?
On one side, we've got Small Wars Journal's Dave Dilegge and Bing West. "Just call me old fashioned – I have serious misgivings respecting and tolerating journalists who embed with an enemy," Dilegge writes.
West, for his part, implies that Rosen should be shot:
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My Comment: Read the comments on Wired that were posted for this article. Anything that can be said about this are said there.
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