Well I hope you were laughing with me and not at me.

Surely that is what OBL does want.

It is a matter of how much influence he still has.
According to Bush, not to much.
According to Analyst, OBL is preoccupied with other things.
I think it is probably somewhere in between these two positions.

I for one am begining to think we need to bail on the Shia-Sunni conflict and move into a position to protect the interests of the only people in the region who have embraced the US efforts and have a desire for democracy, freedom and prosperity. The Kurds.