Afghan Quote by Senator John Kerry

What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a protracted guerrilla…

— Peter Bergen

One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational…

— Eric Holder

Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able…

— Peter Bergen

Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders in al-Qaida. He…

— Peter Bergen

Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all infidels working…

— Robert Fisk

You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden…

— Bill Nelson

Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company,…

— Peter Bergen

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

Common sense would tell you that the idea that Saudi Arabia was paying for bin Laden's expenses while he was living in Abbottabad is…

— Peter Bergen

The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President…

— Rick Santorum

Bin Laden's role in the war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s had made him a hero around the Middle East.

— Peter Bergen

Bin Laden studied economics and public administration before he turned to a life of jihad.

— Peter Bergen