White House, Media Using al-Zawahiri’s Death to Prove ‘Over the Horizon’ Counterterrorism Works
Don’t get me wrong. I’m delighted that Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is dead. And happier still that President Joe Biden, given his well-known opposition to the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, authorized the operation. While it’s always good to take out a terrorist leader, the White House is characterizing the strike …