Well like one commenter was saying (don't know who it was): Osama's death is more iconic than it is tactical. The biggest impact will probably be on the mood of Americans.
It will bode well for Obama's re-election.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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