They seem to be referring to a later point in the "cycle".  

1- Taliban (or whichever name/entity at the given point in history we're talking about) fights Western armies.  
2- We bomb the heck out of their civilians (which, lets be honest is rampant and unapologetically done) 
3- many survivors (ie: civilians in this example), seeing bloody bodies of children and innocent people are prone to recruitment to fight against the "evil" who in this case is Us/The West.

Rinse.  Repeat.  And the war machine trudges on, while We continue to sell guns to both sides.

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