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Lessons from a holed up leader: Osama Bin Laden

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Micha There have been 0 comments

Allow me to write a non-t-shirt related post.  We are based in Washington DC, after all...

There's been lots of stories coming out about Osama Bin Laden's time in hiding--how he hated Fox and loved MSNBC.  How he loved watching himself on TV and that he had no faith in Vice President Joe Biden.  The most important piece, which the newspapers have been reporting on, but not extrapolating on, is that he had no control over, and was very concerned with how disparate Al Qaeda had become.  While it's interesting that he did not like what Al Qaeda was doing in Iraq/Pakistan, it's more interesting that he had little control over them.  Even though he evaded American capture for 10 years, he had been reduced to little power.  Left to pigeon carriers and diaries, he had no way of leading Al Qaeda.  Two things to learn: A)Even though he was only killed last year, his fear of being caught overtook over his abilities to lead Al Qaeda and led to its demise. Isolating terrorists is as good as capturing them.  B)Leading in absentia is nearly impossible.  Bin Laden was restricted from meeting with his underlings, creating rifts in the organization.  Deprived of any contact with his deputies, he lost power over them.  Note to corporate leaders--stay above ground.


This post was posted in CrokedMonkey Blog and was tagged with government and politics, washington DC, Osama Bin laden, terrorism, commentary

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