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#180 – Jeremi Suri: History of American Power
Lex Fridman Podcast
Do You Think Presidents Have the Power to Initiate Assassinations?
The killing of Osama bin Laden was an assassination operation. We've taken out very successfully many leaders of terrorist organizations, and we do it every day. This is how we fought terrorism by targeting individuals. I think presidents did not have the same kind of military or economic power. They didn't have that kind of power. Much of the power that a Lincoln or a Washington had was the power to mobilize people to then make their own decisions.
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