‘However successful the US is in capturing terrorists, the war on terror can never be over; fighting terrorism cannot be a “war”’

‘There is nothing odd in Obama’s desire for a more streamlined US military, a gambit Eisenhower, Kennedy and Reagan used to win the presidency too’

Osama Bin Laden's death gives credence to the Bush administration and American conservatives who fought against al-Qaeda

‘If the law books say it’s never lawful to kill tyrants, it’s the books that need changing, not Western policy’