NBC panel scolds Prince Harry: “Why do you need to antagonize the Taliban?”
During a panel discussion on Wednesday’s NBC Today, attorney Star Jones and the network’s chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman hyperventilated over Britain’s Prince Harry revealing in interviews that he killed Taliban fighters during combat in Afghanistan. Jones fretted: “Why do you need to antagonize the Taliban?”
Snyderman chimed in: “I thought he jumped the shark when he was shown playing video games and then it was, ‘Oh my God, we killed people.’” Co-host Matt Lauer sparked the exchange by wondering: “He talks about his missions, the missions he went on where he was fired upon by the Taliban and returned fire, killing some members of the Taliban. And he takes it kind of matter-of-factly….What do you think about it? Is it okay?”
In part, the Prince told reporters: “Yes, we fire when we have to, take a life to save a life, but essentially we’re more of a deterrent than anything else. If there’s people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we’ll take them out of the game, I suppose.”
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Because F–K THEM, that’s why.
Rebar on January 23, 2013 at 11:52 PM
Harry should just say “You spelled ‘KILLED‘ wrong just there..”
BigWyo on January 23, 2013 at 11:53 PM
This
Ugly on January 23, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Why does NBC feel the need to fellate the Taliban?
catmman on January 24, 2013 at 12:00 AM
See that “Yes” there at the beginning of his comment? That’s an answer to the question from the reporters. What was the question asked such that the Prince answered as he did.
In other words, what should be asked is, “Why do reporters ask questions that wind up antagonizing the Taliban?”
Dusty on January 24, 2013 at 12:12 AM
These are the same people who would warn children not to antagonize bullies instead of sticking up for themselves. Sheesh.
Waggoner on January 24, 2013 at 12:21 AM
Go Harry!
lexhamfox on January 24, 2013 at 12:44 AM
But Obama can crow endlessly about killing Osama, and these tools swoon.
Christien on January 24, 2013 at 1:05 AM
I know they’re lefty dimwits. Stupid. Willfully ignorant. But, every now and then, they put on a display that just makes you think, “Wow!“
trigon on January 24, 2013 at 1:34 AM
Star Jones is giving her opinion on this and we should care? Was Rosie Odonnel unavailable?
WisCon on January 24, 2013 at 1:54 AM
Videos of Harry and the Gurkhas fighting Taliban have been online for almost five years now, so you are wee bit late to the party, NBC sods.
Christien on January 24, 2013 at 3:18 AM
btw, skip to 1:50 in that video…Harry calls in his first air strike.
Little late to wring your hands and tut tut, NBC.
Christien on January 24, 2013 at 3:20 AM
0bama’s spokes people on NBC panel scolds Prince Harry: “Why do you need to antagonize the Taliban?”
FIFY
DannoJyd on January 24, 2013 at 5:35 AM
I would quaintly respond … July 7, 2005
cableguy615 on January 24, 2013 at 6:17 AM
I hate these people. Seriously. Hate.
That’s not a very nice thing to say, and perhaps it makes me a bad person, but I do. I hate them.
Washington Nearsider on January 24, 2013 at 7:06 AM
Harry was there to kill the Taliban. It was his job. We are at war with them. The panel must just love the Taliban’s treatment of women and infidels. Give them all tickets for a vacation at a Taliban resort of their own liking.
SC.Charlie on January 24, 2013 at 7:30 AM
He’s a soldier. That’s what soldiers do…kill our enemies for us so they don’t kill us. What do Star Jones and Matt Lauer think soldiers do? Build schools and hand out coloring books?
Trafalgar on January 24, 2013 at 8:08 AM
Congressional Intel Chairs Say Taliban Is ‘Stronger’. Taliban has more control of Afghanistan than before the US invaded.
http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-intel-chairs-taliban-stronger-202043525–abc-news-politics.html
The U.S. military report says the Taliban, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war…
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/taliban-poised-to-retake-afghanistan-after-nato-pullout-report/article232213/
Report describes “unprecedented interest” by Afghans, including members of the Afghan government to join the Taliban. The Afghans go to the Taliban to report crime etc. Even afghan government officials go to the Taliban to report a crime etc. It used to be in the small towns but now this happens everywhere in all the cities etc. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16821218
The Taliban, backed by Pakistan, remains confident despite 12yrs of NATO efforts that it will retake control of Afghanistan.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/…8100E520120201
The Taliban government is currently preferred by the Afghan people and Taliban now have control and influence in most of the districts in afghan because extending the “Kabul security bubble”, as ISAF commander Gen. David H. Petraeus had suggested, could prove far more difficult than coalition partners are willing to admit.
“These mini-shadow states operate as parallel governments, administering taxes, settling disputes and distributing power through the appointment of local military commanders.” http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/F…0Heartland.pdf
“The Taliban also believe that the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in disarray and their hardliners want to take advantage of that by launching a new fighting season.” http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/taliban-suspends-talks-us_633947.html?nopager=1
The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction believes that country won’t be able to operate and maintain its own security forces’ facilities after the U.S. and coalition troops begin withdrawing in 2014.
The heads of the Senate and House intelligence committees said in MAY 2012 that the Taliban was gaining ground and is stronger now than before Afghanistan surge. http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0…anistan-surge/
The International Council on Security and Development—an international think-tank that specializes on security issues with long experience in the Afghan region and focused on the Afghanistan crisis–said in its several reports, with what it called conservative estimates, that the Taliban had retaken control of nearly 35% of Afghanistan by 2006 and regained 54% of Afghanistan by 2007 and then regained control of over 72% of Afghanistan in 2008 and by 2009 the Taliban had retaken control of 80% of Afghanistan. By early 2010 the Taliban had retaken enough control of Afghanistan to equal the 90% it had before the 2001 US invasion. http://www.icosgroup.net/2009/media/…ars_after_911/
“The unrelenting and disturbing return, spread and advance of the Taliban is now without question,” said Norine MacDonald QC, President and Lead Field Researcher for ICOS.
JustTheFacts on January 24, 2013 at 10:46 AM