It all comes back to the Left. Enemies in the literal sense of the word, and all it implies.
I have for some time now come to the conclusion that there is simply, and unfortunately, no way to address the internal enemy without producing a certain degree of collateral damage. By that I mean the drawing of lines in the sand that are necessarily going to be somewhat arbitrary, and then sticking to it. What's the alternative? Let the Left within continue to do what the entire Soviet Army never dreamed of accomplishing?
When people use the word "balkanization" to describe the fracturing of a society along various lines that had always been smoldering under the surface, they are specifically referring to the example of Yugoslavia. When the Soviet Bloc collapsed, and its various client states were left to suddenly fend for themselves the artificiality of these postwar constructs became apparent. Removing the force of a central government let all these smoldering tensions suddenly erupt into flames, just like providing a sudden source of fresh air to a starved fire.
I have no doubt the same thing is in store here, as the Federal government loses its legitimacy by some combination of incompetence, arrogance, and economic anemia.