Yeah the Russians tried your "clearing them off the map."
How did that work out for them?
This was a great move on the part of the GB. They have scattered the Taliban. We don't want onesies and twosies of Taliban running around. We want them to recongregate and then we will wipe them out again. Wash, rinse and repeat.
Reverse strategery.
False comparison. We were the pivotal force in the Soviet's defeat. Furthermore, neither the USSR or the U.S. were/are using all their capabilities to end the war as quickly as possible with victory.
In Islam, there is no delineation between civilian and warrior. Our posterity, if it is to exist, demands their complete and utter destruction. We have ways of making that happen in a matter of minutes. It is only a lack of testicular fortitude that prohibits our success.
Uh, the Russian military machine has only really had success when they are invaded. A comparison between the US military and virtually any other military on earth is, quite frankly, unfair.