>I don't think OBL ever had it as an explicit aim to pull down US militarily or culturally transform US into a Islamic state Actually, if you read his letters,

>I don't think OBL ever had it as an explicit aim to pull down US militarily or culturally transform US into a Islamic state Actually, if you read his letters, he did state some of these as his goals, but more importantly, his advisor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had this goal in mind, as it was made explicit in "The Shade of the Quran" by Sayyid Qatb who was Zawahiri's mentor in Egypt after they spent time in prison together.