By Nnamdi Elekwachi
In what he called “justice,” President Joe Biden announced to the world the CIA-led drone strike that killed Aiyman Al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian-born wanted leader of Al-Qaeda who took over from the slain Osama bin Laden with whom he masterminded the 9/11 attack against the US in September, 2001.
What excites many Americans most is the precision with which the attack was carried out. Al Zawahiri was precisely picked out while at his balcony at the hour of operation without casualty. He alone was taken out. Note that!
President Biden who sanctioned the operation had tested positive for Covid-19 two times in less than a month. After studying the scale model of Zawahiri’s house and getting assured of precision, Biden, who insisted there must not be innocent casualties, approved the attack. By this, I dare posit that though the Republicans began the global war on terror (GWOT) as declared by the Bush administration, the Democrats have taken the credit by eliminating the masterminds of the 9/11 attack: Osama bin Laden in 2011 and Zawahiri eleven years later.
In America the Commander-in-chief leads the war even from isolation. Nigeria has leadership lessons to learn. In the war against terror or non-state armed groups, NSAGs, leaders would lose sleep rather than lose their command. Wake up, Nigeria!