Christian Bleuer condenses today’s A1 WaPo story “U.S. eager to replicate Afghan villagers’ successful revolt against Taliban” into ten easy steps:

1. Get Taliban to be jerks to locals.
2. Get Taliban to kill some locals.
3. Get Taliban to try to extort $24K from locals.
4. Get Taliban to kidnap some angry dude’s family.
5. Special Forces with ZZ Top beards.
6. Get locals to go crazy on Taliban.
7. EXECUTE EVERYBODY!!!
8. Australians.
9. ?????
10. Profit.

It’s rather obvious, really, once you boil it down.   Then again, Step 9’s a bitch.