Re. the Taliban, I agree with the previous mailer that we should use up our stocks on them
That was probably tongue-in-cheek, but I have to say this is exactly our problem. The average Taliban "squaddie" isn't much different from a civilian or even our allies, depending on the time of day and which direction the wind blows. Take out the head honcho's and the real nasties, but plenty of Afghans support the Taliban (and are hence Taliban themselves) simply because they are the only ones putting food on their plate.
Cluster bombs with such a high failure rate and bombies that are scattered by seasonal rains and agriculture are no friend of ours as they simply screw with these very same civilians and help drive them in to the enemies hands.