I was going to write something about this. But Radley beat me to it, and he said it far better than I could: Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he still won. Read the whole thing.
Not only did he spawn two long-term wars between the U.S. and Muslim countries — and for some reason we’re now in a third — but the cost in lost civil liberties has been enormous.
May his victory be a temporary one.
Inertia Wins! 