The uncontrollable ISI, Taliban & the Al Qaeda are all byproducts of the 'Afghanistan Policy' of the US since 1979. In the name of fighting an evil called 'Communism', they encouraged the bigger evil of 'Islamism'. This finally boomeranged on them in the form of 9/11. This goes to show how dangerous it is to stoke religious fervour even if its for a good cause. Religious appeasement is a risky thing to do with muslims. Gandhiji's appeasement of muslims (Eg.Khilafat movement) had to finally lead to the partition of India.
Islam is one of the most orthodox, inflexible and backward (Turkey, Malaysia are exceptions) religions around. It is going to take a long time for the embers of the fire lit in the 1980's to die down though the US seems to be stomping on it hard now. If things don't get any better, sooner or later the US has to intervene in Pakistan as well..
