Arab spring Quote by Peter Bergen

The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring,

— Paul Wolfowitz

Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for…

— Peter Bergen

Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death…

— John O. Brennan

Al-Qaeda, which means 'the base' in English, lost its base and training camps in Afghanistan, while its leaders were on the run, captured, or…

— Peter Bergen

It's important to understand the origins of ISIS were in the chaos of Iraq and Libya, and the origins of Al Qaeda were in…

— Jill Stein

Al-Qaeda's obituary has been written countless times over the decade. Each iteration has proved to be ephemeral, as the moment has continually shown itself…

— Bruce Hoffman

The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qa'ida. I salute President Obama ... in achieving this…

— Nancy Pelosi

Some might say that that while al Qaeda the organization may be basically dead, its ideology continues to thrive and to inspire 'lone wolves'…

— Peter Bergen

Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure…

— Cofer Black

“Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means an invisible…

— Christopher Hitchens

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines…

— Peter Bergen

Bin Laden is dead, and most of his friends are dead. But did it need to cost a trillion dollars and two land wars,…

— Richard Engel