Osama bin Laden is dead

[randolph]

SMC

Accuse me of what you wish. The world will also be a better place when the United States and its citizens are less presumptuous about the world, period. That had led to all sorts of horrible things on scales that exceed what we're talking about here.

In spite of the imperialistic policies of our government, the people of the Middle East and Africa want secular governments and a Western style economic system capable of bringing some prosperity to their impoverished citizens. The world is rapidly changing, if we don't change, we will be left behind.
Yes, Osama was symbolic of our failed imperialistic policies. The people of the Middle East want control of their own destinies. They don't want us or the Taliban or any other "foreign" entity bossing them around and controlling their lives.