[Stealhead]

I am not sure why some of you seem so shocked that the Taliban, Hezbollah and others have webs sites it does not take that much really to run a website any group with some money can easily do it.

In the last several years Islamic Extremists have been using web sites extensively they make are a very cheap and easy way to spread propaganda and to inspire like minded individuals.

They could care less about Facebook which is only relevant to people who use Facebook, Westerners.I dont peg someone that might be a willing fighterfor the Taliban having much interest in Facebook they are using that site in an attempt to win hearts and minds of people in the west they can take advantage of free press and public opinion they are attempting to undermine popular support for the war against them they obviously read Sun Tzu.

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
The Taliban attempts to erode popular support for the war against them they use tactics of low risk to their fighters most of the time.
When the Us and NATO show up in a region in force most of the Taliban evaporate to a safe haven and come back slowly to the one lost.

"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."
The Taliban can afford to wait for years NATO and the US cant we spend millions upon millions just to counter the threat of IEDs a
very inexpensive weapon.

Gen. Curtis Lemay was a very firm believer in using the maximum force of ones military to quickly mitigate the conflict and achieve victory if you are facing a situation that
prevents you from even fighting this kind of warfare in the first place then you should not get involved.

"Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."
The Taliban knows that we will be leaving sooner or later and they for the most part just wait for us to leave.