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Nov 03, 2008, 04:44AM

Embedded with the Taliban

A good outline of the significant reaction toward Rolling Stone's recent piece by Nir Rosen, who was embedded with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

A very serious issue that warrants serious attention:

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.

And:

Spencer Ackerman is not amused by the analogy. "So there you go. Try to understand the Taliban on its own terms -- ask questions that offend the Patriotism Police -- and, in West's moral universe, you should be executed. Now there's a sentiment the Taliban would recognize."

Definately worth looking into.

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