What Does Bin Laden's capture mean for the US.

On May 2nd 2011, the United Sates people were treated to news they had been waiting to hear for a while. Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qeada and the man responsible for the September 11th attacks, had been killed. Shot in the head by a bullet fired from the M4 carbine of a US Navy SEAL, the terrorist crumpled to the floor. The news of his death was met with protests and cheering. The US was ecstatic and rightfully so. However, I couldn't help but wonder what this meant for the United States in the long run. Sure the man who approved the 9/11 attacks was dead but after some research I found out that the man who gave birth to the idea was not. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the creator of the attacks that killed so many people is still at large and free to conjure up more plots to kill Americans. To me al-Qeada is like a starfish in the sense that it can regenerate limbs. One might be able to wound this creature or organization but it can prove to be very difficult to kill. The only quick way to kill a starfish is to hit it right through the center. Was Osama bin-Laden the center? Only history will tell but I have a feeling that he is not. Along with al-Zawahiri, there are many other “qualified” people in al-Qeada who would be more than willing to take the place of bin-Laden. What worries me is that America does not understand this. We are a nation with a very short attention span. We can’t afford to let al-Qeada regroup, we must continue to hit them until we make sure that there is no chance of them being able to recover.