Do you expect the next leader of Al Qaeda will be more or less dangerous than

[Electric Monk]

Usama Bin Laden was?

[Botany]

1. I expect the new leader to be very nervous about ....

.... his health.

[seabeyond]

2. it was already dissolving becoming irrelevant. i expect it to be even more so. nt

[dkf]

8. Ditto.

[tekisui]

3. About the same as OBL was just before he was killed.

Not nearly as dangerous as OBL was in 2001. And not dangerous enough to justify continued wars.

[Duer 157099]

4. It will depend on whether he's a Saudi millionaire

I think that was the thing that made Usama dangerous, he had the money to make things happen.

[customerserviceguy]

12. He also had the adoration of many Islamic people

9/11 gave him that cred. It will be impossible for the next leader of AQ to make that much of a name for himself.

[krabigirl]

5. Ugh..I just want the wars to end.

[ZombieHorde]

6. The odds of another charismatic, extremely wealthy person to step up is pretty low. nt

[JVS]

7. He moves freely, so that's a big plus for him

[Terra Alta]

9. not quite as dangerous as bin Laden has been lately

which really wasn't much dangerous at all. Certainly not enough of a danger to continue two wars.

[JoePhilly]

10. The GOP has more charismatic leaders ...

[customerserviceguy]

11. I expect that he will be a lot less dangerous

And replaced on a frequent basis, the same way we did with the last leader. I feel that the true triumph of this last weekend was the haul of documents and computer drives, they will give our military the ability to terminate anyone bin Laden was in contact with.

[sufrommich]

13. I expect Al Qaeda to go the way of the Nehru jacket.. nt