Instant Karma

There is knee jerk chatter from both liberals and conservatives this morning about the meaning of the death of Bin Laden. All of which is just chatter and speculation, nobody really knows what will happen next. In the short term, the fact are that these threats have not gone away, there are still those who HATE America (meaning the USA), who still have plans to do us harm. The question is, can they actually carry out those plans?

Head of the snake.
Here the liberals have a point about the power of just one man. No organization can stand on it's own without a strong leader. And when we say strong, we actually mean very RICH leader. Wealth attacks wealth. Bin Laden being cut off, could starve the rest of the beast over time. There will be a time in which giving will increase to compensate for the loss out of anger. However, anger passes, and with it so do donations. And no organization can survive a lack of capital.

Battle for leadership.
One of the mistakes of Al Qaeda, is the belief that small CELLS can keep the movement going, regardless of what happens. But now, you do have a power vacuum, which any number of empty headed egomaniacs are going to try and fill. When they discover they are not the only ones, they will try and kill as many competitors has possible, and turn organization with a purpose into cancer. (This is chaos, so there no telling what it will bring.)

The Atomic bomb.
This revenge claim is very doubtful. Maybe a dirty bomb, but atomic? We spent 15 years after Bin Laden (many of you forget the USS Kole). How far across the earth can you run, if you go atomic?

We must be vigilant for a while. But for the most part, I will sleep well at night in a world without that monster in it.