Al Qaeda is DEAD! A Major COUP for Obama. Are we creating a NEW RADICALISM in Libya?

[Distant Observer]

Thanks to a masterful, commanding, Democratic, President: Al Qaeda is over.

Osama bin Laden provided the spiritual energy and strategic vision for that deadly organization and the global movement. This was rooted in who he was - a prince who became a pauper for his cause -- and what he did -- almost single-handedly lead the mujahideen to victory over the Soviet Empire in Afghanistan.

With his death, Al Qaeda dies.

But, lets not forget that, with our allies the Saudi Rulers (and other financiers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), WE CREATED AL QAEDA. We began creating Al Qaeda under a Democratic President (Carter) and continued under a Republican (Reagan).

In Afghanistan we raised the notion that political and religious goals can be achieved through spiritual, suicidal and passionate militancy to being a powerful force. Osama, formerly a devout Muslim and construction mogul, rode this vehicle of militant Islam to victorious battles and the creation of Al Qaeda (The Base) - totally committed to training and deploying Islamic militancy.

A combination of bizarre and perverse blunders in the US-Saudi alliance and their use/miss-use of Osama's militants resulted in Al Qaeda becoming the monstrous treat to Western interests that it became.

Now we are doing it again in Libya.

John Brennan today said that he hoped the death of bin Laden would de-fuse the notion that political objectives should be achieved through MILITANCY. But that is EXACTLY the fuse we lit and the flames we fan by our military support for the militant factions in Libya.

Like the Afghan mujahideen, their cause might be just, their spiritual and ideological devotions sincere, but they brought to their struggle an intense militancy that undermines the kind of dialog, compromise and inclusion that in our modern world makes for a good society.

And, again, the West with their Oil Potentate allies, are using these sincere people for their own purposes, and will deliver to them the terrible social consequences of a bloody civil war. In this war, we are not risking our lives, but we are systematically destroying their society.

John Brennan and others in Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism strongly advised the President against the current course in Libya. Lets hope our President keeps an open ear to this advice in the future.