More than being a victory of good against evil, media commentator Cheng Yi says the killing of Osama bin Laden has opened the way for retaliatory attacks from the terror group Al Qaeda who will no doubt use their leader's death as a renewed call to arms. He argues that the irresponsible and unilateral way in which the United States went about the operation has stirred up further chaos and instability and that the profiting of one nation could mean the pain of others. His thoughts are as follows:

Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. special forces in Pakistan. It is a historic moment and will bring some comfort to the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. It's been celebrated with wild jubilees on the streets of New York and Washington.

But this victory is little more than a symbolic one. 

After the 9/11 attack, bin Laden took on a largely ceremonial role in his terror network. The organizational structure of Al Qaeda also evolved dramatically after the attacks.

Its pyramid structure gave way to a more dispersed, network-based model, with regional affiliates able to launching independent attacks across the world. This will minimize the impact of bin Laden's death on the group, which may also seek vengeance for the execution of their leader.

My immediate concern that the death of bin Laden would trigger more retaliatory attacks worldwide coincided with an immediate notice released by the White House after bin Laden's death that all U.S. citizens abroad should be on alert of possible attacks against them.

Extremists and Al Qaeda affiliates are active in many regions, such as North Africa and Southeast Asia, where attacks against U.S. interests could follow.

Globally, world terrorism will not perish with bin Laden's death either and I doubt the landscape of international anti-terror campaign will change at all.

The United States may now have a perfect reason to withdraw its exhausted troops from Afghanistan. But after all what we have been through, I believe it's high time we think seriously how to treat the symptoms and remove the causes of this war on terror.

Just as the world was coaxed to support both the war against Afghanistan and later the groundless war against Iraq, we may need to rethink the question we have long been reluctant to face: Who actually created Osama bin Laden?

And who was responsible for leading the world into this seemingly endless war on terror? 

Because of the selfish motives and interests of political elites, a superpower that was meant to be responsible for world peace and welfare has instead stirred chaos and instability. They profited while many of the rest paid.

Yes, "no Americans were harmed," as Obama said proudly of the operation. But he forgot to mention the thousands of young U.S. soldiers who have already died in the wars so far. And compared to numerous civilian casualties in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and now Libya, Obama's claim that U.S. troops "took care to avoid civilian casualties" seems paltry.

After the long war on terror, the world become more terrified, and less safe.

Major cities across the United States and Europe were put on high alert for possible terror attacks, while in other parts of the world, cafés and bars popular with Western tourists exploded. Innocent people died, whether victims of terrorist bombings, U.S. air strikes, or even young U.S. soldiers perishing on foreign fields.

After all the painstaking lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq, we now have Libya. And that's why we have witnessed escalation from vocal support to air strikes to on-the-ground aid to the rebels and now the decapitation strikes that killed Gadhafi's son and grandchildren. All these have granted Al-Qaeda affiliates and bin Laden sympathizers perfect reasons to open fire again.

Obama ended his victory speech by saying, "Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Really? Perhaps we should unite instead to constrain future irresponsible political deeds, and to help correct the past mistakes. Otherwise, we may find it's too early to write bin Laden's obituary.