Taliban: ‘Open war’ in Pakistan as bomb kills 14

The Pakistani Taliban declared “open war” Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people, including a child.  >>>>>

Isn’t open war declared when you are being bombed, as Pakistan is doing to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan?  It appears that once again, the Taliban are ‘responding to open war.’  But for some reason, we continue modeling the West on our approach to foreign affairs.  I wonder if this launch has anything to do with lighting another match to attempt to stave off the imminent departure of Musharraf; or bigger yet, copy the efforts of U.S. – Iraq; Georgia – Russia; Kurdistan – Turkey; Israel – Iran…?  Are the comparisons that far fetched?