From The Atlantic:
Support for Al Qaeda is dropping in countries it considers home, yet Bin Laden still walks free. Commentators debate what it means going forward.
Commentators are reacting to a new report showing that support for al-Qaeda and its tactics have dropped in terror hotbeds around the world. With some tentatively hailing this as the end of "Global Jihad," several key questions remain: Where in the world is Osama bin Laden? Why hasn't he been apprehended? And how necessary is it to keep up the pursuit?
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My Comment: Men like Bin Laden and organizations like Al Qaeda come and go, but Jihad has been with us for the past 1400 years.
I can assure you of one thing .... rumors of it's "demise" are greatly exaggerated.