Abstract Quote by Harry Belafonte

Bin Laden didn't come from the abstract. He came from somewhere, and if you look where ... you'll see America's hand of villainy.

— Harry Belafonte

Bin Laden is remarkably eager for Americans to know why he doesn't like us, what he intends to do about it and then following…

— Michael Scheuer

Osama bin Laden fervently hoped that attacking the United States would create pressure on American leaders to reduce their support for Middle Eastern regimes.…

— Peter Bergen

Al-Qaida became the new Soviet Union, and in the process, Bin Laden became a demonic, terrifyingly powerful figure brooding in a cave while he…

— Adam Curtis

There's a love of rhetorical skill in the Muslim world. Osama bin Laden doesn't just go on tape cassettes and say, 'America sucks.' He…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Americans want to win; bin Laden thinks he's winning now.

— John McCain

If it is bin Laden, he's a very intelligent guy. He's been planning his war for a long time. I remember the last time…

— Robert Fisk

When you cut down to the micro-level in the West, I think we have a great deal to be worried about. And it's odd…

— Michael Scheuer

Osama bin Laden is very shrewd. But he struck me, even in 1997, as being remarkably out of touch. I remember thinking this does…

— Robert Fisk

We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers carrying out…

— Robert Fisk

Bin Laden actually is the most European or westernized of all the Arab leaders. He's the one who is the most polished ironically. He's…

— Alexander Siddig

Many of us didn't believe in the image of bin Laden as a wandering Old Man of the Mountains, living on plants and insects…

— Salman Rushdie