Quote Originally Posted by Timberwolf View Post
There's more sense in these paragraphs than I care to restate so I'll just nod and leave it at that. I do disagree partially with the last point he makes though. Let's not forget that Osama Bin Laden does remain a criminal mastermind who has more than his share of crimes to answer for. No reason to give up the hunt for justice because it happens to be difficult. Aside from that though, a lot of stuff I agree with.
Mastermind? I'm guessing you have watched one too many James Bond movies. If Osama was smart, he wouldn't be into this shit. Gearing your whole life toward being against anything is what stupid losers do. The smart ones build stuff and make the world better. He's educated for christ sakes. He doesn't have the excuse that a poor uneducated street urchin, rejected by life has. He should definitely know better.

9/11 didn't need any intelligence behind it. All it needed was the will to carry it out and a couple of guys willing to die for the cause. What makes Osama different is that he had access to vast sums of money. But they're all gone now. He's disinherited by his family and all his assets are siezed. The little money he has left I'm sure has run out by now. He's probably just living off his super star-dom in the militant Islamic scene and smootching off his pals. People like that turn pathetic pretty quick.

Anybody who comes close to him get labeled as terrorists in an instant, basically ruining their whole lives. How many resourceful and smart people do you think is likely to hang out with him now? I'm sure he can live a pretty comfortable life in some cave in Afghanistan and evade the US watchdogs for all eternity.

Terrorist-strikes needs very little money and very little intelligence behind it. The only thing that is crucial is to not be wanted by the cops. Osama is totaly worthless to his own cause now. He might boost his ego by releasing some more videotapes calling for a Jihad, but I think we've seen the last of him being part of any future acts of terrorism. But that's just my own humble theory.