Osama Bin Laden, the poster boy of al-Qaeda, was the deemed face of terrorism for a major part of the world. His death came in just in time to restore Obama Administration’s popularity index but too late for being a significant turning point in the history of the world.
I believe while Laden’s death stirs things up a bit, it achieves nothing definitive. It is certainly not the end of the social ideology sparking terrorism, neither is it revolutionary enough to restore what was lost in all these pressing years.
The intrusive, precautionary measures of security are already set in stone at this point. The presumably disconnected terror efforts of al-Qaeda can be thwarted given how the world has geared up since 9/11. Al-Qaeda might be spurred up after Osama’s martyrdom but there is little it can do with the zero margin of error rest of the world has learned to live with.
Dear Writer,
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ on the word "martyrdom" . I think he was hunted with immaculate precision without getting into any diplomatic battles (our country thrives on those and people have learned to live with it)and was fantastically taken care of for afterlife. Yes the damage was already done but for countless people who lost loved ones the justice was finally served. Precautionary measures are just a part of problem as a result of such attacks but with time they will establish themselves as a normal process. There was a time when a transistor would send people into fear stampede but is not the case anymore (the transistors cease to exist is a whole different story:) )