Current Events > Prince Harry caused Taliban to have a meltdown calling his kills chess pieces.

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MelbuFrahma4
01/06/23 9:40:45 AM
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/06/prince-harry-book-taliban-reacts-to-chess-pieces-comment-on-afghanistan-kills.html

Among the many controversial revelations in the memoir is Harrys disclosure that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while on deployment in Afghanistan with the British Army. According to excerpts of the book cited by Sky News, which has obtained a copy, Harry said he did not view the fighters as people but instead as chess pieces that he was removing from the board. It was not something that filled me with satisfaction, but I was not ashamed either, the prince wrote. CNBC has not seen or been able to obtain a copy of the book.

Taliban leader Anas Haqqani hit back at the remarks on Twitter, writing: Mr. Harry! The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return. Among the killers of Afghans, not many have your decency to reveal their conscience and confess to their war crimes. Haqqani added, Our innocent people were chess pieces to your soldiers, military and political leaders. Still, you were defeated in that game of white & black square. The Taliban returned to full power over Afghanistan when the U.S. withdrew its last troops from the country in August of 2021. It has since re-imposed a hyper-conservative Islamic theocracy on the country, imposing violent punishments on dissenters and banning women from higher education, among other human rights abuses.

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A_Good_Boy
01/06/23 9:42:53 AM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
Still, you were defeated in that game of white & black square.
Ouch

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IdiotMachine
01/06/23 9:42:57 AM
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Fuck the Taliban.

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MildlyIrkedOwl
01/06/23 9:43:03 AM
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lol

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gunplagirl
01/06/23 9:45:27 AM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Ouch
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/0/2/AAc53qAAEEG6.jpg
Fuck the Taliban

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masterpug53
01/06/23 9:45:54 AM
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My empathy for the Taliban could not be more infinitesimal.

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Solution_45
01/06/23 9:51:33 AM
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how many humans that had families have the taliban killed btw??
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Hayame_Zero
01/06/23 9:52:32 AM
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Reminding me of that moment he ran off to his helicopter in the middle of an interview
https://youtu.be/86VXuM65J88

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Questionmarktarius
01/06/23 10:11:29 AM
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Black Sabbath already made this point, in 1970.
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DoesntMatter
01/06/23 10:25:00 AM
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IdiotMachine posted...
Fuck the Taliban.


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Funkydog
01/06/23 10:32:46 AM
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The only good Taliban is a dead Taliban. Same goes for any terrorist. Anything that makes them upset sounds good in my books.

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Seaman_Prime
01/06/23 11:41:01 AM
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IdiotMachine posted...
Fuck the Taliban.

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rexcrk
01/06/23 11:47:43 AM
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Thats fantastic lmao




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Jagus
01/06/23 11:54:45 AM
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Funkydog posted...
The only good Taliban is a dead Taliban. Same goes for any terrorist. Anything that makes them upset sounds good in my books.

So killing innocent people would be good in your books as long as it makes them upset?

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BalanceLost
01/06/23 11:56:20 AM
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Jagus posted...
So killing innocent people would be good in your books as long as it makes them upset?
25 Taliban fighters are not 25 innocent people though.

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J03can
01/06/23 11:59:10 AM
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Picturing it like a big game "hunt" where they set up 25 POWs in a warehouse for the glourious prince to eliminate

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Dat_Cracka_Jax
01/06/23 12:00:55 PM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
Mr. Harry! The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return.
FUCK YOU TALIBAN

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Jagus
01/06/23 12:01:19 PM
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BalanceLost posted...
25 Taliban fighters are not 25 innocent people though.

Did they commit 9/11? We dont have the right to just randomly invade countries. Anyway youre not answering my hypothetical

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dameon_reaper
01/06/23 12:06:41 PM
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Jagus posted...
Did they commit 9/11? We dont have the right to just randomly invade countries. Anyway youre not answering my hypothetical

Man, we just going to ignore how terrible the Taliban is? Hell, the last section of that post explained that they were terrible people doing terrible shit but they're humans right? They sure as fuck don't act like humans.
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Jagus
01/06/23 12:07:52 PM
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dameon_reaper posted...
Man, we just going to ignore how terrible the Taliban is? Hell, the last section of that post explained that they were terrible people doing terrible shit but they're humans right? They sure as fuck don't act like humans.

Im not ignoring anything. Im just saying if you support invasions on the basis of human rights, thats a pretty slippery slope. Would other countries be justified in invading the US for our police force, incarceration rates, and border policies? Theyre basically crimes against humanity.

Btw humanity isnt something that can be revoked. Seeing someone as less than human makes them justified in hating you and is pretty xenophobic.

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the_pika
01/06/23 12:09:04 PM
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Funkydog posted...
The only good Taliban is a dead Taliban. Same goes for any terrorist. Anything that makes them upset sounds good in my books.

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the_pika
01/06/23 12:09:45 PM
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Jagus posted...
Im not ignoring anything. Im just saying if you support invasions on the basis of human rights, thats a pretty slippery slope. Would other countries be justified in invading the US for our police force, incarceration rates, and border policies? Theyre basically crimes against humanity.

Btw humanity isnt something that can be revoked. Seeing someone as less than human makes them justified in hating you and is pretty xenophobic.


arent you a trump guy ?
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UnfairRepresent
01/06/23 12:10:10 PM
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IdiotMachine posted...
Fuck the Taliban.
This

They call for guilt over this but then turn around to those same "innocent people and families" and say women can't be educated and need to stay indoors, gays need to be killed etc.

I'm not defending what the US and UK (and Russia) did in the Middle East for decades. It's inexcusible, I just can't buy any Taliban propaganda for a second.

It's like Megatron yelling at Jazz for being immoral.

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Jagus
01/06/23 12:11:02 PM
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the_pika posted...
arent you a trump guy ?

No? Also nice ad hominem attack?

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AsucaHayashi
01/06/23 12:16:02 PM
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taliban using the family excuse i bet they also said they liberated afghanistan

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DoesntMatter
01/06/23 12:24:49 PM
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smh, we actually have a user here defending the Taliban and going "but America!"

yeah, fuck off

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Jagus
01/06/23 12:26:30 PM
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Im not defending the taliban lmao. Im just having a Thought experiment. If saying human beings are human offends you btw, youre in the wrong.

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Gwynevere
01/06/23 12:27:40 PM
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Taliban wants to pull the humanity card while committing human rights violations

That's rich

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CM_Ponch
01/06/23 12:29:19 PM
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Jagus posted...
Im just having a Thought experiment
Lmao

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Bishop9800
01/06/23 12:31:17 PM
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IdiotMachine posted...
Fuck the Taliban.


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PlantBased
01/06/23 12:43:21 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/0/2/AAc53qAAEEG6.jpg
Fuck the Taliban
This could also be interpreted to highlight the British Army finally something good with their rampant dehumanization of brown foreigners.
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MileyVirus0
01/06/23 12:48:33 PM
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Yall are upset at the Taliban playing the game.
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Octans
01/06/23 12:58:46 PM
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Any front line combatant of any nationality is literally a pawn though, so how was he wrong

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Funkydog
01/06/23 1:00:49 PM
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PlantBased posted...
This could also be interpreted to highlight the British Army finally something good with their rampant dehumanization of brown foreigners.
Hey, if they dehumanise everyone they are bound to dehumanise a terrorist or two occasionally.

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hockeybub89
01/06/23 1:01:23 PM
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MileyVirus0 posted...
Yall are upset at the Taliban playing the game.
People are generally upset at the Taliban, yes

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Jagus
01/06/23 1:50:06 PM
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Octans posted...
Any front line combatant of any nationality is literally a pawn though, so how was he wrong

Theyre literally human beings, not pawns. Thats how.

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Bishop9800
01/06/23 2:09:44 PM
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Jagus posted...
Theyre literally human beings, not pawns. Thats how.


no, they are scum.

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BurmesePenguin
01/06/23 2:14:08 PM
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Jagus posted...
Im just having a Thought experiment.
Weird thing to choose to say.
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Agent_Stroud
01/06/23 2:16:45 PM
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Damn, Jagus. I may be a shitposter most of the time, but even I know better than to cross that particular line. Absolutely shameful for you to be defending the Taliban just to rustle folks jimmies, my dude.

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FAQ-Checker
01/06/23 2:18:16 PM
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Funkydog posted...
The only good Taliban is a dead Taliban. Same goes for any terrorist. Anything that makes them upset sounds good in my books.
...and now Funkydog has to get back to binge watching DS9.
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MrKapowski
01/06/23 2:26:06 PM
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Jagus posted...
Im not defending the taliban lmao. Im just having a Thought experiment. If saying human beings are human offends you btw, youre in the wrong.

Do the Taliban view women as human? Do they view gay people as human?

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Smackems
01/06/23 2:47:52 PM
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Jagus posted...
Theyre literally human beings, not pawns. Thats how.
You are very naive

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Background_Guy
01/06/23 2:49:56 PM
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Among the many controversial revelations in the memoir is Harrys disclosure that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while on deployment in Afghanistan with the British Army.
So are we just accepting this as fact or...
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MetroidGamer666
01/06/23 2:54:55 PM
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That was a pathetic response, as if they would have a good one at all though
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rexcrk
01/06/23 2:58:10 PM
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Jagus posted...
Im not defending the taliban lmao. Im just having a Thought experiment. If saying human beings are human offends you btw, youre in the wrong.


Bruh


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thronedfire2
01/06/23 3:17:58 PM
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Its not like hes wrong. Regular soldiers in war are literally pawns

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g0ldie
01/06/23 3:20:57 PM
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Background_Guy posted...
So are we just accepting this as fact or...
iirc, he said he used an apache helicopter, and how with its tools, he could be accurate with the number

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Number090684
01/06/23 3:26:28 PM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
Reminding me of that moment he ran off to his helicopter in the middle of an interview
https://youtu.be/86VXuM65J88

Wasn't that just a stunt to make the RF seem like they are quick to actually do important stuff to aid the world and that they deserve their status and wealth they gained from slavery and exploitation?
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buddhamonster
01/06/23 3:28:44 PM
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Heres the thing about removing pawns from the board: the other side gets the opportunity to remove your pawns as well.

It just so happens Prince Harrys game piece was a fully loaded and gassed up apache helicopter. Those rip pawns to shreds, and the poor Taliban didnt have any knights or bishops to close in for their kill.

Sucks to be the Taliban, I guess.

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