I think that's old news already. My aim with this story is to provide links to some of the more thoughtful comments posted on the internet about the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Today's Washington Examiner details how Osama Bin Laden was located. The breakthrough began with information obtained at Guantanamo after 9/11.
The Washington Examiner reported:
"No other country, not even Pakistan, was informed of any of this intelligence until after the raid to protect operational security."
This is key to understanding what actually happened and what happens next.
Victor Davis Hanson reports at the National Review:
"Finally, this comes at a fortunate time. No one is talking of victory any more in Afghanistan; we seem confused in Libya, so the death of bin Laden reminds us that the U.S. can still take the war to the enemy in his own backyard, and act with confidence and audacity rather than "leading from behind." Let us hope that Dr. Zawahiri is next -- though the al Qaeda generation of 2001 seems almost enfeebled now, and are nearly all scattered, killed, or captured."
The important point here is that the al Qaeda generation of 2001 is enfeebled--however, remember that there is a new generation of al Qaeda which may be much less centralized.
Yahoo News posted a Reuters story which stated:
""The damage bin Laden had caused Islam is beyond appalling and a collective shame," said another Saudi, Mahmoud Sabbagh, on Twitter.
"Another, anonymous, Saudi said: "He might have had a noble idea to elevate Islam but his implementation was wrong and caused more harm than good. I believe his death will calm people down and may dry up the wells of terrorism.""
It will be interesting to see how terrorists react to the loss of their spiritual leader. I suspect that there are plans as we speak for revenge against the 'infidels.'
The thing to remember here is that the death of Bin Laden is more symbolic than relevant. His death provides closure for all the people who lost loved ones on 911. I remember a friend whose daughter worked in the second tower waiting for the phone call from her daughter telling her everything was ok. That call never came. But the death of Bin Laden does not change the fact that terrorism is alive and well in the world and aiming to create a world-wide caliphate. This victory is merely an important step in fighting for the survival of western civilization. It is not the end of the war on terror, it is only a step.
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