Osama Bush Laden took out his checklist. His numbers were looking worse and worse every day, but soon, it wouldn't make any difference.
Checklist:
1. Bring US economy to its knees by burying people in debt. Check
USA Today: "Taxpayers owe more than a half-million dollars per household for financial promises made by government, mostly to cover the cost of retirement benefits for baby boomers, a USA TODAY analysis shows." link http://news.yahoo.com/...
2. Degrade military capability of the US. Check.
BBC: The US military has become dangerously overstretched because of the scale of its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, two reports have warned. link http://news.bbc.co.uk/...