The West created the Osama bin Laden myth

From, the not too observant, Observer

You read it correctly. The West is responsible for bin Laden; at least according to Mary Riddell.

Once, the West was so fixated by the power, psyche and presence of the supreme sponsor of Islamic terrorism that he was treated like a monstrous mutant of David Beckham. And then it all went quiet. In the way of a fading rocker, the world's most wanted man normally has to release a video or recording in order to attract publicity. Otherwise, the roster of international atrocities - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Morocco, Madrid - elicits horror of al-Qaeda, and fewer references to its darkest agent.

That is partly because the notion of al-Qaeda as an idea, rather than a Marks & Spencer of terrorism with bin Laden at the corporate apex, is better understood. In addition, as Simon Jenkins has suggested, he has collected scalps beyond his dreams. With Greg Dyke, Piers Morgan and José Maria Aznar gone, and George W. Bush and Tony Blair vulnerable, few choose to emphasise bin Laden's shrewdness.

Ms Riddel, everyone except possibly the Observer, has "observed" the morphasis of bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. It is precisely because of the success of the West in the war on terror that both have had to morph into what they are today. The people who created a "myth" are people like Riddel, The Observer and the Guardian, The Mirror and The BBC.

Greg Dyke and Morgan are gone because of the mistakes they made, the "myths" they created.

She goes on using fairy tale comparisons to attempt to blame Bush for bin Ladens atrocities. Riddel is definitely living in a fairy tale.