He didn't succeed, but he did some serious damage: Ezra Klein
(NEWSER) - Osama bin Laden wasn't foolish enough to think he could defeat the US militarily. His real goal, one that America never quite grasped, was to bring down the US by bankrupting it, writes Ezra Klein in the Washington Post . Remember, he had helped bring that fate upon the Soviet Union by understanding—and undermining—the superpower mentality. "And though it didn’t quite work out this time, it worked a lot better than most of us, in this exultant moment, are willing to admit," writes Klein. More»
