I agree. The people of this country are not “Tribes” as are the people of the Middle East. We have gone beyond that and can handle our government in our own way. The government of the US will change and the people will change it if pushed far enough and it looks like that is happening now. This next election will tell if the people are fed up enough to make massive changes in their government.
In many respects, we are, and the politicians in Washington like it that way.