The US killing of Zawahiri was more retribution than prevention
According to documents obtained from the raid that killed bin Laden, al-Qaida’s 9/11 era leaders have little impact on current operations.
According to documents obtained from the raid that killed bin Laden, al-Qaida’s 9/11 era leaders have little impact on current operations.
Despite what critics said during the Afghanistan withdrawal, the US didn’t need boots on the ground to take a top terrorist off the board.
Ambassador James Jeffrey is just reminding us how complicated and counterproductive our policy is there — if there is one.
The State Department’s terrorist lists have become politicized and counterproductive.
The US needs to state its objectives clearly so that we’re not bogged down in counterterrorism operations indefinitely.
The rhetorical power of using ‘defeat’ as a shorthand comes with dangers that are likely best avoided by adopting the clarity of simply stating the desired objective.