CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 3,2022
WHO DOESN’T REJOICE THAT A CIA DRONE STRIKE KILLED AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN? THE ATTACK FOLLOWED A 20-YEAR EFFORT TO KILL THE TERRORIST, WHO WAS SECOND IN COMMAND TO OSAMA BIN LADEN AND A KEY PLOTTER IN THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TERRORIST ATTACK ON AMERICA.
THE MISSION REPORTEDLY TOOK SIX MONTHS TO PLAN AND INVOLVED A CONSTRUCTION OF ZAWAHIRI’S PATTERN OF LIFE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN DESERVES CREDIT FOR AUTHORIZING THE ATTACK, THOUGH HE OPPOSED A SIMILAR ATTACK ON BIN LADEN WHEN BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT. IT ADDS TO THE VIEW HELD BY BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT THE U.S. DOESN’T NECESSARILY NEED BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO FIGHT TERRORISM.
AL QAEDA WON’T RETREAT, THOUGH. IT IS ALREADY SPREADING ITS TERRORIST IDEOLOGY TO AFRICA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THEIRS IS A RELIGIOUS AS WELL AS A POLITICAL MOVEMENT. THEY BELIEVE THEIR FALSE GOD WANTS THEM TO KILL PEOPLE THEY REGARD AS INFIDELS AND TO CREATE CALIPHATES AROUND THE WORLD.
SOMEONE WILL REPLACE ZAWAHIRI AND MAYBE HE WILL BE KILLED, TOO, BUT FOR NOW THE WORLD IS RID OF ONE MORE EVIL MAN. I’M CAL THOMAS.
