On This Happy Day.

The consequences of yesterday’s killing of Osama bin Laden will be far reaching. Count on the doctrine of unintended consequences claiming a role in the events that follow.  What a trove of intelligence must have been scooped out of the compound after American forces dispatched the terrorist mastermind to dark eternity.

The Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin, as is her custom, explains it all. The lease on Gitmo is unlikely to be terminated soon in light of how the trail to bin Laden began four years ago.