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Cheer up. This could have an especially demoralizing effect on Al Qaeda and jihadis in general. OBL was a folk hero so long as he was portrayed as a cave-dweller who out-witted the most technologically advanced military force in history. Now we know the truth to be quite different.

How will OBL's reliance on a Pak home-base and possible assistance from retired (and maybe even active) Pak officers be interpreted in a shame/honor-based society like they have in the sandbox?

There is cause for optimism.