Luttwak talks Bin Laden and Israel

I’ve often wondered why it was necessary to kill Osama. American military strategist Edward Luttwak, in a fascinating new interview in Tablet Magazine, has an excellent answer:

“They killed him because of the fact that if we captured Bin Laden, every Jihadist in the world would have been duty-bound to kidnap any American citizen anywhere and exchange him for Bin Laden.”

Luttwak also thinks constant conflict with the Arabs actually is good for Israel because it has produced an internal cohesion that might not otherwise exist. Read the whole interview here.