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I don't know about you, but when considering how our country should fight its conflicts, I like to follow the advice of our enemies--like the Taliban. Well, maybe not. But that was the approach taken today by Morning Joe. Asked to comment on the controversy surrounding the September 2nd drone strike on drug smugglers, MS NOW's Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde said: "I'll be honest, in Afghanistan, the Taliban saw drone strikes as cowardly-- that American forces weren't willing to come fight them face to face on the ground." The irony is that, just seconds earlier, Jonathan Lemire said that yesterday: "The Signalgate inspector general's report was made public. Pete Hegseth looks bad there as well, in terms of, as it was put, that he was putting American military personnel at risk by sharing these war plans on Signal." We agree that putting American military personnel at risk unnecessarily is bad. But Rohde/Morning Joe/MS NOW apparently believe that putting American military personnel at risk is the way to go! Take the Taliban's advice, America: come out and fight like a man! Don't resort to those cowardly drone strikes! We say that when confronting a foe, take the Indiana Jones approach: don't engage on his terms — use the most advanced weaponry available. Note: Interestingly, Rohde, while working on a book, was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan in November 2008 and held captive for over seven months, until he and a colleague escaped. Yet here he was today promoting the Taliban's view of the American military. Did David suffer a form of Stockholm Syndrome, in which he came to identify with his captors? Here's the transcript. MS NOW Morning Joe 12/5/25 6:18 am ET JONATHAN LEMIRE: We have heard Republicans, including some on our air, like Congressman Turner yesterday from the House Armed Services Committee, suggesting, look, Congress has not signed off on these attacks. We would have real reluctance if the president were to escalate them on land. But yet, there hasn't actually been much of a mechanism, David Rohde, for the Congress to step in and to try to, beyond what we saw yesterday, to really get to the bottom of this.  And we have, you know, and the timing of this shouldn't be lost. This, the examination, the close scrutiny that this strike, the September 2nd strike has received, also comes on the same day that the Signalgate Inspector General's report was made public.  Pete Hegseth looks bad there as well, in terms of, you know, as it was put, that he was putting American military personnel at risk by sharing these war plans on Signal, inadvertently, with a journalist. And yet, we have him on social media yesterday doing a performative victory lap and sort of strutting about, like, look, I'm under this pressure, but we're just going to push the button and hit another boat.  DAVID ROHDE: And I'll be honest, in Afghanistan, the Taliban saw drone strikes as cowardly -- that American forces weren't willing to come fight them face-to-face on the ground.  LEMIRE: Yes. ROHDE: And not that, you know, it's going to make the drug traffickers angry, but it's just this idea that our technology, and just wiping out people are all going to roll over and give up. 

Two teenage boys have been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a 14-year-old and then lighting her body on fire.Danika Troy was reported missing by her mother on Monday, according to Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson, who conducted a media briefing on Thursday.'The evidence pointed to them immediately. They took them into custody immediately.'A day later, the girl's badly burned remains were found by a man walking near Kimberly Road in Floridatown.Police said they identified the remains as belonging to Troy because her mother had reported that she left with a scooter, and it was found near the remains. They also found shoes that matched those she was wearing.Johnson said that a witness told police that 16-year-old Gabriel Williams and 14-year-old Kimahri Blevins had planned the murder of the girl.In an interview with police, Blevins allegedly said he blocked Troy after they had a falling out on social media. Williams also said he was upset with something Troy had said, according to police.But a possible motive is still undetermined."They have been interviewed, but the motive that we're getting doesn't fit the forensics or any facts of the case," Johnson said.The sheriff said Williams stole the gun they used from his mother."It's bad enough that you kill a 14-year-old; you're 14, you're 16, you shoot her multiple times, and then you set her on fire," Johnson added.The state attorney's office said a grand jury will determine whether the boys should be tried as adults.RELATED: California man convicted of brutally attacking his son with a sledgehammer while he slept "This is what major crimes calls a ground ball," Johnson said. "The evidence pointed to them immediately. They took them into custody immediately."Williams and Blevins were each charged with first-degree premeditated murder. They both are in custody at the Santa Rosa Juvenile Detention Center."It shocks me," neighbor Sue Petrisch said. "It's always been so quiet here, and it's getting bad. It's terrifying, in fact."A candlelight vigil is planned to honor the victim on Monday at Avalon Baptist Church. A GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay for her burial costs. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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