Re: Question: WMD on Taliban?
LOL... that's silly. WMDs would be completely ineffectual against Taliban. Some people seem to think that WMDs are some kind of magic bullet solution. They are suprisingly limited. Against a dispersed enemy that does not concentrate forces, such as the Taliban, WMDs are utterly worthless.
Successful counter insurgencies operations, such as the Boer War, involve large numbers of soldiers to be deployed and an acceptance of large numbers of casualties on both sides.
What worked successfully in the Boer War was to invite and evacuate the civilian population of the areas to "safe zones", and then treat anyone who chose not to comply with the government's instructions as an enemy.