Osama bin Laden, on the run for nine long year, and finally dead.

For many, this will be seen as a victory. But at what cost?

He has almost become the brand name for terrorism. The figurehead of al-Qa’ida, the man who brought the United States to it’s knees. A little melodramatic? I don’t think so.

His presence is now everywhere in US society. Fly a plane, get molested by home land security, even if you are a six year old girl. Tell a joke mentioning killing or bombs, go to jail. Have the wrong name, the wrong ancestry, or even just visit the wrong part of the world on business, and suddenly you are a suspect.

Osama bin Laden’s death is a bitter victory, almost a false victory.

He will live on, as a martyr not seen in the modern world before. His al-Qa’ida brethren will continue their onslaught against the west. In fact, it is likely his death will bring together fracturous relationships amongst the more extreme groups, creating a global force with one aim. Jihad.

The retaliation for bin Laden’s death will be slow to build, but as we have seen in the past, it will build to a level never since in man’s history.

If a simple cartoon can cause such havoc and hatred, this event will be unstoppable.

I fear for the west, I fear for our future.

Osama bin Laden lives on. And now the west can never touch him.