Tag: Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden’s Former Right-Hand Man Has Resurfaced. Does It Matter?

News Analysis A recently released video suggests that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri may still be alive. Some national security experts have downplayed this due to Zawahiri’s apparent lack of charisma and leadership abilities, but others have pointed out that al-Qaeda has flourished—even garnering U.S. support in some conflicts—over the last decade under Osama bin Laden’s former…


Navy SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden Says Internal Division Now Biggest Threat to America

Robert O’Neill, the former Navy SEAL credited with killing Osama bin Laden, the terrorist mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, said that the biggest threat to America comes not from outside but from internal strife and division. O’Neill made the remarks in an interview with Fox News on the eve of Sept. 11, as the nation…


After Failures in Afghanistan, We Must Rethink Our China Strategy

Commentary Britain’s defense chief, General Sir Nick Carter, just revealed the Taliban’s end-game for victory. “It was the pace of it that surprised us and I don’t think we realized quite what the Taliban were up to. They weren’t really fighting for the cities they eventually captured, they were negotiating for them, and I think…