What was the point of killing Bin Laden, if there are thousands more like him?

[KostasKouvalis]

It made no difference to our national security. I still have to take my shoes off at the airport, and we still have terror attacks on American soil. More American lives were lost chasing him and his friends for 2 decades, then were lost from his terror plots. There have actually been MORE terror attacks since his death.

[Berethor]

Vengeance? but yea taking the head is not enough, China's way is more efficient.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/thousands-of-xinjiang-mosques-destroyed-damaged-china-report-finds

[milyjohn]

1. What makes you think he's dead?

2. It made Obama look good.

[KostasKouvalis]

That's not the point, and it doesn't nullify my original argument, though you do make a good point, and your second answer is very rational, even though it was Bush who started the man hunt for him in the first place. Clinton had a chance to kill him, but didn't.

[milyjohn]

You : "What was the point of killing Bin Laden"
Me: "What makes you think he's dead?"
You: "That's not the point,"