One third of the USA is currently equivalent to a Third World Nation. (Creating it's own population open to become terrorists.)
The country is lead by Fundamentalist Incompetents who have created lies and deceptions invading a country, namely Iraq, for it's oil assets. The invasion has not really panned out because the people of Iraq, lead by a Sunni Resistance Movement, truly object to the presence of Americans in their country. Violence within Iraq has persisted from the initial anarchy and show no signs of relenting.
The USA is cannabalizing it's own natural resources in an attempt to 'stay the course' with Bush Cronies rather than mobilizing state of the art technologies to define it's energy and transportation needs.
Afghanistan is still the primary source of Poppies in the world and the violence within Afghanistan continues spinning off warlords such as the Ubeck that funded the Uzbecks who attacked Beslan, Russia. The former Soviet Satellites, such as The Ukraine, have attempted to achieve 'democracy' in free elections but those attempts are failing (Due to the lack of substantial investments in their new infrastruture. Basically, all these so - called democracies are left to fend for themselves and can't do it. The USA has a long and rather proud history of investing in burgeoning freedom but this administration cannot afford it and doesn't believe in social programs abroad. Bush is failing at his own priorities). To some extent Russia's initiatives to maximize global stability regardless of Bush's Global Lawlessness (Creating chaos increases the possibilty of insurgency within a nation. If that should happen in a nation such as Georgia which has oil/gas assets it would be advantageous to Halliburton for the USA to take an aggressive stand for invasion to 'STABILIZE' the situation. It's a strategy. It kills citizens of that country. It creates a possiblity for a change in government but as Iraq as an example it isn't a good strategy.) has been twarted but it would appear not for long.
Basically, Osama bin Laden has gotten away with it while the USA spins on it own axis of evil uncontrollably due to an administration that maintains control by using Osama bin Laden as an icon of fear.
