Anyone seeking to understand what will now happen to Afghanistan - and probably Iraq in the near future - should take a look at the Gaza Strip as a test case. The images of Taliban militants marching victoriously through the streets of Kabul will only whet the appetites of their 'brethren', wherever they may be. To them the situation will be, if they can bring American's the worlds most successful nation to its knees??? Oy vey's mir ,a groyse k'shia, oy vey!

With the Taliban defeating the Soviet Union and now the U.S., the implicit conclusion is that without Israel's security control, Ramallah - the West Bank seat of power for the Palestinian Authority - could fall to Hamas much faster than what Kabul fell.

All nations of the West suffered complete strategic blindness to the dangers of the Taliban and Israel must take care that it does not catch it too. ( oy vey! )