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In a similar development, Winston Churchill announces on February 15, 1942 that Imperial Japan, although it has just taken Singapore, still poses a lesser threat to British security than Nazi Germany.

"Uh ... You do know that that was actually Churchill's take on the matter, don't you?"

Yes, that's why I chose that example. The administration says that the Taliban is less a threat than Al Queda, as though the Taliban is hardly a threat at all. Japan, although recognized by Churchill as a lesser threat than the Nazis, quickly demonstrated that it was still a hell of a big threat. Churchill wanted the U.S. to commit the brunt of its force to help defeat the Nazis, as they were an imminent mortal threat to Great Britain.

Ah. OK, good ... I'm relieved.

The Taliban, however, are the ones who actually caused us to get into this war in the first place, by providing aid and support to Al Qaeda.

To now pretend that they're separable is like suggesting that the Wermacht posed a lesser threat than the Nazi Party.