I think it was Bin Laden's wife (or one of them) who was trying on a new dress and asked her husband 'does my bomb look big in this'? Well of course Bin Laden has lots of wives and lots of followers who will only be too keen to transport his brand of terror to the UK and America that he can no longer achieve. The problem with the west is that we are consumed by hunting the big bad wolves (Gadaffi, Saddam, Bin Laden) but not too keen on solving the reasons for fundamentalism that brings death and destruction to so many innocent people (and remember the George Bushes, Tony Blairs and Barack Obamas are well protected so it won't happen to them) One cannot forgive or forget what Bin Laden was responsible for, but to suggest that his death is a victory is naieve at best and reckless at worst) The fact that this man was able to live almost next door to a Pakistani Military base with impunity tells you that any victory the Americans are enjoying is hollow at best. Bin Laden died as he would have chose, as a martyr in a hail of 'crusaders bullets' He could not have written a better ending in all of his Jihadist fantasies. By the time of his death it is widely accepted he was no longer the main player for the Jihadists and more of a symbolic figure. However when the next suicide bomber blows themselves up in a mall, or at a sporting event or somewhere around the world, the victory that was celebrated today will have a very hollow ring to it and when a Mother is told she has lost a child the death today of Bin Laden will not offer one crumb of comfort.
John Bell
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