Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen
Peter Bergenis an American journalist, author, documentary producer, professor, think tank executive and CNN's national security analyst. Bergen has written or edited seven books: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, The Osama bin Laden I Know, The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad, Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion, Drone Wars: Transforming Conflict, Law, and Policy, and United...
war stories world
Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in World War II, World War II is simply not comprehensible.
successful administration economics
Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which was obviously a rather successful enterprise.
drawing people als
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.
media action creation
I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media.
academic-research research losing
There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing.
people important
Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.
blood leader navy
I stepped into the bedroom where he was killed and looked up at the ceiling, where you could still see the patterns of blood that had spurted from bin Laden's head when the bullet fired by a U.S. Navy SEAL tore through the terrorist leader's face.
past college men
The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically proficient men who are capable of manufacturing and deploying chemical, radiological, and biological weapons. Al Qaeda attracts the kind of highly educated men who one day might be able to pull off such an attack.
attack enemies typical warn
In Islamist jurisprudence you warn enemies before you attack them. It is typical behavior.