This is how I see bin Laden.
    First of all, let me say some thing about the derivation of his surname.  Bin in Arabic is like O in Irish. It means "of".  John O'Sullivan- John from the Sullivan clan. Osama from the Laden clan.  Where do you think Johnson comes from?  The son of John.  

    He was a human being who used to love to ride horses around the dunes and read poetry. He wanted to help his people. He took the wrong path. His religion got him confused and all puffed up about what he was entitled to do. It is not the first time I have seen that.   Once he killed  in anger and revenge he was stuck on an evil path.

     My karate teacher once told me, "There is never enough revenge."  Meaning that you could kill and kill and kill and never be satisfied.   That same karate teacher also worked at a pr firm where he  created the US Army's saying, "Be All You Can Be."   

    Bin Laden cared about his people. Nothing wrong with that, but he did not know when to stop and once again his religion told him he was ok to kill because God said it was ok. In fact, he deduced that anyone who did not take his path was polluted and deserved to die. Today what would Mohammed think of that?  

    Now paint into this landscape our insatiable appetite for oil. The pot should be starting to boil.  Before the age of the internal combustion engine none of the  developed countries found any interest whatsoever in the sands of the desert.  Try to step back a few generations and remember that oil is a natural resource but before it, we did not care about that whole part of the world, not a hoot. Apart from ancient Egypt, in general we could have cared less.  You could not drag us onto a tour bus bound for Damascus with a gun at our backs.  But now we are involved in a resource struggle that has  spanned American generations.  Do not forget that this is all about oil.  In fact when you fill your tank and pay $4.25 for a gallon, imagine an amount, say 50 cents, going to pay for the funeral or the prosthetic for the kid from Davenport, Iowa.  

    Will we someday be killing for potable water?  

Ok, now let’s finish off the recipe with a wide angle shot of the pot on the stove: Mix one tablespoon of Osama  with a gallon of America's love for oil,  put a healthy dash of the spice passion for religion and oh yeah, don't forget a dollop of devastating poverty in the middle east, decades of oppression by dictators and voila, you have a nasty tasting stew that will surely kill.

    Roger and out.  Hope this helps.