Gee, I believed obammy when he swore the Taliban was no more.
Much, or most things which DC _does_: are an illusion. On the other hand, spying on and interfering in, all things USAian: it does quite well, using the illusion of money from-thin-air, without bounds. Intoxicated with said money, DC builds fortresses, shelters, across USA, for its own, in the day of wrath.