They've only treated a symptom...the disease goes merrily along...

If you haven't heard already, global terrorist #1 and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden met his end. Won't he be surprised at what awaits him in the afterlife (HINT: it's not going to be 72 black-eyed virgins!)?

So what now? Are the jihadist threats to the West going to stop? Not by a long shot! You know there's going to be a power grab by a bunch of bin Laden wannabees, and you can bet the body count will increase over that alone. And, of course, the hornet's nest gets stirred up once again with demands of retaliation by admirers of bin Laden and the rank-and-file of al-Qaida. We in the West are by no means safe, especially with Islamic terrorists walking among us thanks to lax immigration policies and Islamo-pandering!

But for the moment, people in the US are jubilant over the news:

I would have preferred to have seen bin Laden taken captive to stand trial for his crimes, but I get the feeling that most terrorists would rather resist than be captured. He and his band of thugs likely engaged the Navy SEALS in a firefight at the Islamabad mansion (really? a mansion?) thus dying just as he had lived: violently!

Now we wait for reaction from the Islamic world. My guess is that it's not going to be pretty!

Until next time,

Peace!