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Originally Posted by MT2008
You guys know what this means, right? It means we're getting the fuck out of Afghanistan. Obama has just the excuse he needs - we took out the head of Al-Qaeda, which means they're pretty much destroyed*, so why stay in Afghanistan when finishing off Al-Qaeda was the objective all along?
*Of course, the withdrawal was inevitable anyway, and it's debatable whether Bin Laden was really in charge the last 10 years.
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Someone else will just take control of it. Some lowly middle manager etc. The center of Al-Qaeda has actually moved more to Yemen, and the US is increasing drone strikes there. Just because he's gone dosen't mean the end of Al-Qaeda. There are many other AQ leaders.