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You may have ment this in humor, but it may be clise ti the truth. We needed a specific villain tnd blew bin Ladin way out of proportion to create one. The problem is not so much bin Ladenm but of the inherent nature of Islam, which we don't want to admit. The emphasis on bin Laden detours around that fact.
I have been saying that for years. Odd thing is, now I am hearing others say they think it as well.