hi doma,
i understood your previous post.
my choice is to focus on the part of it i agree with. the imams are nutters and encourage people to do bad things. these things are not justified by anger. you seem to agree with this.
on your other point - hopefully one day, the war between the "taliban" and the us will be such that no one needs to fear anyone else.
i think the taliban (and other fundamentalists) used to think they had the practical advantage in an assymetric war in rugged terrain. that they could fight as they wished and then disappear up into their mountain fastnesses under cover of night, thereby avoiding casualties. i doubt they are as convinced nowadays.