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Ayman al-Zawahiri never obtained the same high-profile notoriety as his international terrorist predecessor, Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n

However, as of today, the two terrorists share an important trait. They both are dead! Al-Zawahiri is just as dead as bin Laden.<\/p>\n

The news today marks a significant victory for U.S. intelligence officials who located al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan and then launched a drone strike to take the bad guy out.<\/p>\n

I want to make an important point that, yes, is going to remind readers of this blog about a pledge that President Biden made a year ago when he announced the sudden withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

He told us that the United States would not relent in its hunt for international terrorists, even as we removed our troops from the battlefield in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Ayman al-Zawahiri happened to be bin Laden’s successor as the leader of al-Qaeda, the monstrous terrorist organization that carried out the 9\/11 attack on our nation and dragged us into a global war against those who would seek to do us harm.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama ordered the SEAL team strike that killed bin Laden in May 2011. It was a huge moment of victory for this nation’s war on terror. Many of us cautioned, though, in real time that someone would emerge to take bin Laden’s place.<\/p>\n

That someone proved to be al-Zawahiri.<\/p>\n

Now a new president, Joe Biden, gave the OK to launch a drone aircraft into Afghanistan, where it killed al-Zawahiri.<\/p>\n

Does this mean the end of al-Qaeda? Hardly. We can expect another hideous animal to take the reins of the terror network.<\/p>\n

All of this also illustrates what many of us have said since the immediate aftermath of 9\/11, which is that we are likely entering an endless conflict against the forces of evil.<\/p>\n

As Politico reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is a major success of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts. A result of countless hours of intelligence collection over many years,\u201d said Mick Mulroy, a former Pentagon official and retired CIA paramilitary operations officer. \u201cThe message for all al-Qaeda and its affiliates should be that the U.S. will never relent in its mission to hold those accountable who would seek to harm the United States and its people.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m all in.<\/p>\n

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