When our remarkable soldiers gave him a choice, Osama bin Laden gave them a fight. Fittingly, he was not in a cave. He had grown up in the urban world of Jeddah, and he was struck down in a perfectly urban setting, a stone's throw from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, in odd proximity to a military academy, in a visible and large compound. He had outlived his time and use, and doubtless Pakistani intelligence was now willing to cast him adrift.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Fouad Ajami on the Death of Osama bin Laden
From his Wall Street Journal op-ed, Osama Bin Laden, Weak Horse:
