If the killing of Osama bin Laden were a Hollywood murder mystery, the shootout scene in Abbottabad would be followed by the unveiling of the sponsor who arranged for the al-Qaeda safe house. Is it the Pakistani intelligence officer who appears early in the movie to assure his U.S. counterparts that he is fully committed to bringing bin Laden to justice? Is it the Saudi construction magnate who owes several major favors to the bin Laden family? Or perhaps it’s the U.S. embassy official who, it might turn out, believes that Osama is more useful alive than dead — until finally, he is useful no longer.
One Group of Students Proves Immune to Bin Laden-Death Fever
At least some students seem to have been inoculated again the bout of nationalistic fever infecting the nation since bin Laden was killed.
Decapitating the Head of the Snake: bin Laden and Our Inner Avenger
Japan’s nuclear disaster has thrown a few clues terrorists’ way on how to sabotage a nuclear power plant.
Could the Death of bin Laden Become a Cornerstone of Peace in Afghanistan?
If getting the Afghanistan peace process going involved taking out Osama bin Laden, well, in the cynical world of the “Great Game,” to make an omelet, you have to break eggs.
Osama bin Laden’s American Legacy
Back in the 1960s, Senator George Aiken of Vermont offered two American presidents a plan for dealing with the Vietnam War: declare victory and go home. Roundly ignored at the time, it’s a plan worth considering again today for a war in Afghanistan and Pakistan now in its tenth year.
A Bin Laden Trial a “Circus”? Who Doesn’t Like a Circus?
The SEAL who killed bin Laden, justified or not, may have deprived the world of a font of information about terrorism.
A Generation Exhales with Bin Laden’s Death
The enthusiastic flag-waving. The gaudy red, white, and blue jumpsuits, the booming chants of “USA, USA, USA.” The huge crowd of jubilant young people gathered outside the White House, celebrating Osama bin Laden’s death. Is it right to celebrate the death of an individual, even one as abhorrent as bin Laden?
Reading Netanyahu the Riot Act Would Have Done More to Halt Terrorism Than Killing bin Laden
President Obama would have achieved more concrete results internationally by taking out Netanyahu politically than by eliminating Bin Laden physically.
Was Bin Laden Killed Because U.S. Feared He Might Be Found Innocent in Court?
Why the haste to kill Osama bin Laden when we might better have been served by his capture?
Bin Laden May Be Dead But His Grievances Live On
The grievances expressed in bin Laden’s manifestoes, such as U.S. military presence in the Middle East and support for Israel, will be enough to replenish the ranks of Al-Qaeda and like-minded groups as long as the United States continues to pursue those policies.