Osama

So they killed Bin Laden and around the world it is being hailed as a great moment for "The War on Terrorism". After 10 years and millions of pounds and too many lives lost they have finally got him and if anyone thinks it will make the slightest difference they are, I believe wrong.
Osama Bin Laden had become a figurehead. I'm sure he was involved in many things but he is seen now as a symbol. The US has today cut off one head from the monster in the fight against terror but in it's place will rise many more each vying for the top spot. This might give us lots in infighting and everyone being to busy killing the other factions to fight us but I doubt it. I think every potential leader will be trying to prove he is the best by staging more and more extreme acts of terrorism and with the bar set at the September 11th attacks I think we are all in for a very uncertain period.
It makes very little difference how many terrorist leaders you kill, until you change the society that worships violence and applauds killing as a means to achieve a goal you will not destroy terror. Until people are given the choice to have an education, to develop their lives how they see fit, contribute to society and receive support and benefits from the same society terrorism will always exist.

The other striking image of the day was the "partying" after the announcement. Grow up. A man was killed and thats not something to celebrate, acknowledge and move on. The parting in the street was driven by the same urge as the celebrations we saw in Gaza after the Itamar massacre adjusted for the society. My terrorist is your  freedom fighter and we do not celebrate death.
I read or heard a quote today that "justice has been served". I disagree, justice was not served. There was no court, no trial, no lawyers, no jury. There was no justice, just a bullet. I realise that they would rather have taken him alive and gone to trial but circumstances forced the events. Maybe it's better this way. No-one is spending a fortune on incarceration and trail costs and we don't have to sit through the media circus it would become when we all know that the result would be the death sentence. There is a plus to not having a trial but it does not mean that justice has been served.

So yes, I congratulate the US armed forces for this significant breakthrough but lets not think we are done.
We have barely started.