I watched a great movie last night called "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?" where Morgan Spurlock (the same guy from Supersize me) goes on his own personal hunt for OBL in an effort to improve the safety of the world.
Throughout the movie, it only becomes more and more apparent that finding OBL alone is not really going to have much of an effect on the world of terrorism and, much less, on the world overall.
Yes, Bin Laden is a terrible dude with terrible ideals, but HE does not equal TERRORISM which is exactly what the American government has tried to convince this entire country of. That's like saying that by killing the lead head honcho of the Crips, we will eradicate gang violence altogether... doesn't that sound ridiculous? It does to me! And that's exactly what's happening!
And, actually, I find it interesting how similarly American gangs and terrorist networks function. They prey on poor, disenfranchised youth that are desperate to care for their families and, after convincing them that they will protect their families and provide a brotherhood like nothing else they have experienced in their lives, they use them to further their own agendas with no regard for the lives or futures of those they've recruited.
They both govern with fear and both display the absolute lowest of the low when in comes to the human condition... by creating violence out of thin air.
See this movie! It reminds us that concepts like the "War on Terror" are just exactly that... concepts. And you can't fight an idea... well, I guess you can try.
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