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I think a lot of people really underestimate bin Laden. His power doesn't come just from his money, leadership, and ability to prompt terrorism. Not to put too much praise onto him, but he is an extremely intelligent person. Don't let the clothes and medievel religious fundamentalism fool you. The guy has an amazing ability to predict what world leaders will do and how they will react. He is an expert at manipulating the powers around him, and that is where he gets his power.

He did it to the Soviet Union, his is still doing it in Russian and other former Soviet Republics, he does it in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, as well; he is doing it to America. He plays them like fiddles and drains their resources by forcing them to fight him and an "organization" that barely exists in any organized manner. Ironically, Iraq under Saddam Hussein was one of the only Arab countries that managed to resist bin Laden's ploys.