Before the US killed him he was an example of how inept we are because we couldn't touch the baddest man in the land. After we killed him, he wasn't such a bad guy after all.
Watching the media try to 'downplay' this is really half the fun.
The newsmen were shouting out to the U.S. Ambassador, 'how does this help the U.S.'?
In other words, no big deal!
The biggest fear the MSM has is that the U.S. public will perceive that we are winning in Iraq and thus, undo all their efforts to make it appear we are in another 'Vietnam'