In the past week the headlines have looked like the stuff of fairy tales: Cinderella has got her Prince, and the bad guy is dead. Am I the only one who’s uneasy about this? The reaction to Bin Laden’s assassination has been terrifying. Thousands of people gathered outside the White House with face paint and flags chanting “USA! USA!”: you’d be forgiven for thinking it was July 4th. It’s cathartic, sure. It’s been a long time coming. Bin Laden’s evasiveness over the past decade has come to symbolise the many failings of the War on Terror, but I struggle to see how such an overt celebration of an individual’s death will do America any favours. The failure of Al Qaeda –and indeed, any extremist Islamic group – to gain footholds in the ongoing revolutionary movements across the Middle East was an indication that their influence was fading. Al Qaeda's mission is to create a new world caliphate but the region's people are dying for democracy.This martyrdom, coupl ...