Republicans = Taliban?

I've been out of the country so must have missed something, but did I actually read this in the WaPo just now?

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) suggested last week that the party is learning from the disruptive tactics of the Taliban, and the GOP these days does have the bravado of an insurgent band that has pulled together after a big defeat to carry off a quick, if not particularly damaging, raid on the powers that be.

Have they kidnapped the Verb? To paraphrase Doonesbury on Senator Kennedy's verb, "A post, Verb, we need a post!"