Our Pyrrhic Victory?

I will not attempt to diminish or gainsay a singular accomplishment in the battle against world jihad- the elimination of Osama bin Laden. I must, however, point out that in the so-called war on terror (or what could better be called the struggle against expansionist Islamism) similar military feats by the West have not slowed hostilities in any significant way. As example of this, let me point to the strategic and tactical planner for Hizbollah Imad Mughniyeh, who prior to the rise of bin Laden and al Qaeda was the most sought after terrorist on the face of the earth. His reign of murder allegedly stretched from the US embassy and Marine barracks in Lebanon to the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Someone, presumably Israel, sent him to his reward in Hades but did the organization he stewarded collapse at his assassination? No, Hizbollah is stronger, better armed, more capable, and powerful than ever after his death. In fact, that terror group has subsumed Lebanon. So in the jubilation that was evident on the dinosaur media Sunday morning chat shows, there should be a note of caution. And to bring us back from irrational exuberance to reality, President Obama is still no general's general like George Marshall; he is no great strategic thinker like Eisenhower; he has not demonstrated physical courage to rival Audie Murphy (being given credit ad nauseum by the talking heads today for "nerve") when he did what every single other US President would have done given the same circumstances including the palpably weak Jimmy Carter and the sexually distracted Bill Clinton, and Obama's actions to terminate the arch-terrorist bin Laden did not end or win what will still be a long and bloody war. If Barack Hussein Obama had not acted on actionable intelligence over bin Laden's whereabouts, it surely would have emerged at some point to damage any political future and sully his legacy. Obama did nothing brave or brilliant, he simply acted in his own interest and at this point, this expediency served the country, advanced our national interests, and may have made the world a bit safer (although not being able to see the future, that can not be said with certainty).