Bill Roggio dixit

"Until we tackle Al Qaeda's ideology, state support and ability to exploit ungoverned space in countries like Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, you're not going to defeat the organization".

BILL ROGGIO, the managing editor of The Long War Journal, on the significance of a drone strike in Pakistan that is said to have killed Abu Yahya al-Libi, Al Qaeda's deputy leader.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/world/asia/qaeda-deputy-killed-in-drone-strike-in-pakistan.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3_20120606