Anybody who calls OBL great and a worthy opponent,needs to be put on a very close watch,and then medicated.
The trouble with analysts is they think they are playing a mind game and if they haven't been able to beat their opponent, their egos won't allow them to admit they are inferior intellectually or otherwise. Therefore, they call their opponent intelligent and shrewd.
yeah that was brilliant strategic move on bin Laden's part in attacking us on 9/11. In fact, in the pantheon of brilliant strategic moves, that decision ranks right up there with Hitler declaring war on us after Pearl Harbor and Hitler launching operation Barbarossa against the Russians in 1941.
The fact that he is still on the loose and still making treats against the USA leads some credence to his statement.
It has after all, been three years plus we have been looking for this diaper head.
I suppose that depends on what he means by that. I will try and give him the benefit of the doubt and say he means he is a very dangerous man and not someone to mess with, or underestimate.