Killing a Terrorist Leader Can Backfire

Killing a Terrorist Leader Can Backfire

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 944 , Segment 6

Divided Congress, Goat Yoga, Lab-Grown Meat

Episode: Divided Congress, Goat Yoga, Lab-Grown Meat

  • Nov 15, 2018 10:00 pm
  • 18:37 mins

Guest: Tricia Bacon, PhD, Assistant Professor at American University’s School of Public Affairs Shortly after Barack Obama took office in 2009, he made killing or capture of Osama Bin Laden the top priority of America’s war against Al Qaeda. In 2011, they got him. But cutting off the head did not kill the proverbial snake in this case. In fact, killing Bin Laden may have hastened the rise of ISIS, whose tactics have been as more brutal as Al Qaeda's.