Into the Rat Holes and Safe Houses

摘要

"People think bin Laden is hiding in the Hindu Kush, but did you know that every day from 4 to 5 p.m. he hosts a show on C-SPAN?"- Comedian Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, less than 24 hours before the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. As it turns out, bin Laden was hiding in plain sight after all, in a large, highly secure compound in the military town of Abbottabad, Pakistan. It took 13 years for the US to find the world's most wanted terrorist after al Qaeda bombed the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania-and nearly a decade after the 9/11 terror attacks elevated the manhunt to an entirely new level. But there is a positive lesson to be learned from this: Contrary to bin Laden's early beliefs, the United States does not quit when its national interests are at stake.