Taliban Tactics

I just read a story on-line at Telegraph.co.uk that the Taliban are recruiting teenage boys out of the Swat valley in Pakistan to become suicide bombers.  Recruiting is probably not the right word.  As the Taliban were being forced from the Swat valley, they demanded that residents provide them with one young man from each family for "martyrdom missions."

This is an outrage and a crime against humanity.  

The United States was attacked and we went into Afghanistan to take care of this enemy.  The Iraq sidetrack coupled with Pakistan's lack of effort to keep the Taliban out of their country has only given the Taliban new hope.  Pakistan has finally stepped up to drive the Taliban out... but where will they go next?

Taliban ideology is simply scary and reminiscent of medieval times.  The Crusades come to mind.  The recruitment and killing... no murder... of young boys in the name of ANY religion is wrong.  The Taliban are simply exploiting these children, period... and they must be stopped.

It's a very scary world that we live in.  I'm proud (and glad) that I live in the United States of America.  Let us keep our troops and the victims of these atrocities in our thoughts and prayers.