"Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able to indulge in his hobbies... and he was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes to the wider world."

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Source : "The 'Manhunt' To Capture Osama Bin Laden". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. May 1, 2012.

Peter Bergen

#Keys Quotes #Leader Quotes #Drones Quotes

“For the longest time, chefs and restaurateurs were able to get products home cooks couldn't get, but that's not the case anymore.”
“You move forward because thats the way it works; thats the only place you can go.”
“In the North, the sale of government bonds was the one measure for raising funds that seemed to work. Even that, however, with the lure of compounded interest to be paid in gold at a future date, failed to raise more than about half the needed amount. So the Union faced a real dilemma. The only options remaining were (1) terminate the war or (2) print fiat money. For Lincoln and the Republicans who controlled Congress, the choice was never seriously in doubt.”
“Your brain develops depending on your individual history. What has gone on in your own brain and its consciousness over your lifetime is not repeatable, ever - not with identical twins, not even with conjoined twins.”
“For upon all the glory shall be a defense”
“If you're a Republican and rich, that's evil. But if you're a Democrat and rich, that's great.”
“I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart.”
“.. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.”

Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.249, Random House

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