Obama says Osama's dead; Who's Next?

Biggest news of the day: President Obama announced that the Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is finally killed. The 10-year manhunt ended with a CIA-led operation in Pakistan taking out the Al Qaeda leader who masterminded the 9/11 attacks a decade ago.




Who's Next?

Although the death of bin Laden is a big blow to the Al Qaeda, who will be the next target? Large organizations like this are like the mythical Hydra -- cut off one head, and two more will grow to take its place. He has many followers and -- from the standpoint of a general -- the only way to make sure that nobody simply takes his place is to ensure that all of his followers -- seconds-in-command, lieutenants, etc -- are dealt with. So it wouldn't be a surprise when we hear US forces leading a follow-up operation to ensure that any would-be Osama bin Ladens are nipped in bud before they even get a chance to do anything.

On the extreme end, the organization would probably not take this lying down. They might - probably will -- find a way to get back at US. Whether they will succeed is anybody's guess. Battle may have been won, but war may not be over. Vigilance is a must still, now more than ever.


Now what?

Does the death of the Osama mean anything? Americans and much of the "free-world" definitely would
see this as justice done for all the terrorist acts he and his organization did for the last decade -- perhaps the last few decades.

But aside from justice, what does it mean really to the entire world? Is the world a better place without him? Many would say yes, some probably no, still some say it doesn't even matter. Is it the end of terrorism? Probably not. Jury is still out on how this would come done in the next few months or years.

Whatever it means, it's no doubt a pivotal point in history; a full circle from 9/11 ten years ago to this day. It's a piece of history that many of us lived to see from start to finish -- ten years is fairly short, considering the magnitude and impact to the whole world. For whatever it's worth, let's all hope that it's all for the best of the entire world.