Point taken and I'm very cogniscent of how capable the Taliban are on their home turf. But they are only one specific type of foe. When you look at some of the rather more potent capabilities of some of their immediate neighbours (Iran - nearly-nuclear, double-digit SAMs et al, bonkers; Pakistan - very actually nuclear with great internal instabilities) it makes one think that the next war (god forbid) could look very different to the current war.....