Gary Williams and Osama bin Laden

Two huge stories in DC this week.  

I don't have much to add to the Osama bin Laden story.  I'm happy we got him, and ecstatic that Obama got him in particular.  It's hard to overstate how significant decapitating Al QaedaOsama was good at putting together such an effective network.   is; I imagine putting together that kind of terrorist network is hard to do (ditto building the Third Reich, or maintaining Jim Crow for 75 years, wiping out Native American culture, etc.), and that for all his venality

We should not expect Al Qaeda to wither and die, but the good news is Osama should be hard to replace.  

And the way Obama and the U.S. pursued Osama - instructing the CIA to reinvigorate the search for Osama once he took office, walking back leads on possible Al Qaeda couriers, putting the house in Pakistan under surveillance starting in August, then pulling the trigger on the mission to get Osama over the weekend - displays the kind of competent  executive leadership this nation often lacks.

Great work, and great news for the country, the planet, and the President.

As big as getting Osama, the Gary Williams retirement is almost as big of news here in Washington.  More on that later.