That's precisely the trouble; you seem to think that's a GOOD thing.
It -is- a good thing.
Its pretty much infinitely preferable to what happened when the Taliban rallied together to fight a foreign oppressor, don't you agree? In just a few weeks they fractured into pieces, and their power dissolved.
That is what happened to the Soviet Union too, in case you missed it.
A wise man once said:
"Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, an no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you."
-A. Lincoln, 3/4/61
Thank God Lincoln was willing to fight for this country, else wise you might have some terrorist crazy cutting your throat this very minute.
Walt