On the Dangers of American Empire and Why the U.S. Continues to be Bin Laden's Best Ally
Submitted on September 10, 2011
By Noam Chomsky - September 6, 2011
Perhaps the assassination [of bin Laden] was perceived by the administration as an “act of vengeance”...Whatever the motive was, it could hardly have been security. As in the case of the “supreme international crime” in Iraq, the bin Laden assassination is another illustration of the important fact that security is often not a high priority for state action, contrary to received doctrine.
