It really isn't very hard to make our leaders, most of whom are techno-peasnats, look extremely foolish when they encounter things they don't understand. Remember
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Maybe if those flashing little guys flipping the bird had ended up in downtown Kabul, Tehran or Riyadh us round eyed occidentals would be having a terriffic laugh. I can just imagine the furious debate among a group of Taliban trying to figure out what it all meant.