Cole Interview: Bin Laden an Utter Failure

Juan Cole 05/04/2011

My interview on the significance of Bin Laden’s passing with Detroit Channel 2’s Bill Gallagher is now available.

I argue that to take full advantage of this political moment, the US must withdraw from Iraq and support the declaration of a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.

U-M Professor Juan Cole Sees bin Laden’s Movement as a Failure: MyFoxDETROIT.com

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page