Bin Laden is simply the queen in this RL chess game. Capturing him does not win the war, but does take out a major threat to your pieces. This 'new war' as the media has taken to calling it, is not going to be a full-scale bomb the hell out of anything that stands in your way campaign, it is going to be a well thought out, strategic, subtle attack and withdraw campaign.
It has been my stance for years, that the only way to stave off terrorism is to remove it's funding. It may seem like a simplistic approach, but it is one that I think could be the death blow. We all know that in today's world, things cost money...in this case, a lot of money...without that monetary availability these terrorists will not be able to do much more that hurl a few rocks and molotav cocktails in our general direction...cut off the heads (funding) and you can kill the body (terrorism)...at least IMHO!
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