Defeatist

So, Osama bin Laden managed to:

• Evade capture for ten years
• Manage to influence the foreign policy of the US drastically
• Become a household name
• Make half the world paranoid of each other
• Create an event that will be remembered a century from now
• Make Schneier angry

If you ask me, it looks like bin Laden won.

You mean he is winning, right? His legacy will continue to affect the world for years to come.

I don't see a restored Muslim caliphate on the horizon, which is really what he wanted. And in the end, impious, atheistic/Christian Westerners are pretty much pwning the Middle East. I can't help but think that Osama must have been a little disappointed.