Stratfor is giving the Taliban WAY too much respect.

The truth is that the Taliban has been decisively routed, Pashtun leaders in its supposed Southern "stronghold" are in open revolt, and the movement is falling apart. Didn't Stratfor hear Omer's desparate radio address to his paniced troops yesterday? Sure didn't sound like an orderly, strategic withdrawal!

After losing nearly all their tanks and heavy weapons as they run like rats for the cover of the mountain caves, I hope whatever's left of the Allah's once mighty Taliban movement has a lot of fun freezing their asses off this upcoming winter, dodging American bombing attacks, special forces attacks, and the occasional visits of the new Afghan government's (brutal and vengeful) soldiers.