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This was brought up in the random political thoughts thread, but I certainly agree that it is worthy of its own thread.
There is thought out there that all this means is many more will rise to take his place. I disagree. To repeat what I said in the random thread -
What al-Zarqawi did was give al Qaida organization. With bin Laden in hiding and only putting out an audio or video pep talk every three months or so, I think it creates a power struggle within the organization. I think many terrorists will want to be the next al-Zarqawi and it may lead to a certain amount of in fighting.
I have no doubt it will be spun as a non victory in certain circles, but a blood thirsty islamofascist terrorist leader is dead. This is a good thing. And I am particularly happy that he has found the afterlife contains no 72 virgins for him.
To add to that a bit, I don't care about the whole martyr thing. I don't buy for a moment that the terrorists are happy (as a recent press release from them seems to imply) that he is dead. He was their leader. Likewise, it is a huge boost to the morale of US troops and also to the infant Iraqi government.
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