Somewhere, Osama is smirking [View All]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/484523p-407912c.html

On Friday, word came that Hussein had been executed. The photos show he was hung with a nice new 1-1/4-inch hemp rope.

The new Iraqi government initially employed rope left over from the deposed regime, which was fine until a day they attempted to hang 27 people one after the other. The rope broke on the 13th convict, and the subject reportedly flopped around on the floor shouting, "Allah saved me!"

Which was essentially what Bin Laden must have felt when he escaped seemingly certain death or capture five years ago. Bin Laden remains at liberty, a once-cornered killer raised to mythic status by his escape and by our continuing inability to capture him. He is not just at large, but ever larger. The FBI even lists him as several inches taller than his actual height.

Bin Laden now seems certain to see another New Year, and where the World Trade Center once stood now there are twin towering outrages. One outrage is the stark fact that the man who murdered thousands of innocents there is still walking around, no doubt smiling.