By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Everyone in the Western world should know the name Ahmed Abu Khattala. It is a name that should be as well known as that of Osama bin Laden or of his successor Ayman Zawahiri.
Abu Khattala was the leader of the attack in Benghazi that murdered four US State Department employees including the Ambassador.
The White House has applied a full court press to find Abu Khattala.
He has so far successfully eluded them. He very recently, literally, slipped through the fingers of the United States and foiled a plan to assassinate him. Abu Khattala was tipped off in advance of the plan.
Quite obviously, capturing this terrorist is an important goal of the White House. The killing of Abu Khattala would be a very significant feather in the cap of President Obama. It is also an extremely important US policy objective.
The United States and the West should not be targeting terrorists for revenge --- but for justice. They must pursue terrorists to show that the US can and will eventually find and punish the people responsible for these heinous acts. The reason it is even more important that Abu Khattala be caught - and caught quickly, is because he is still actively plotting attacks against the United States.
It is not just about the past, it is also about preventing future terror attacks.
Remember the name Ahmed Abu Khattala. Remember what he did.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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