al qaeda are useful for one thing only - when they are deadThat...

al qaeda are useful for one thing only - when they are dead

That said a few points

They have by 9/11 and other kept global economic growth on a steady push forward

They have woken up the US military with more spending and technology coming online - look out bigger US threats they are now fully awake under bush

They have forced the US to shake up the global political and diplomatic system

They have iraq now , iran and nth korea are being careful

They have brought libya back into the international community and given up their WMD program.

So i think all round al qaeda have indirectly contributed to a different but in most ways better world

And they have forced people of islam everywhere into hte mainstream and forced attentin on this growing cancer of fundamental islam in the western world.