Obama reveals how he sees future of terrorism after bin Laden raid
- 8 years ago
President Barack Obama gave an exclusive interview to CNN's Peter Bergen, marking the fifth anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.
Obama sharply defended his targeted approached to fighting terror -- and said the next president would most likely follow his lead rather than his predecessor's.
"The kinds of Special Forces and intelligence-gathering that we saw in the bin Laden raid is going to be, more often than not, the tool of choice for a president in dealing with that kind of threat," he said.
"The ideology has not been extinguished," Obama acknowledged.
"The world is still dangerous.
In many ways, the Middle East is in a more chaotic situation."
Obama sharply defended his targeted approached to fighting terror -- and said the next president would most likely follow his lead rather than his predecessor's.
"The kinds of Special Forces and intelligence-gathering that we saw in the bin Laden raid is going to be, more often than not, the tool of choice for a president in dealing with that kind of threat," he said.
"The ideology has not been extinguished," Obama acknowledged.
"The world is still dangerous.
In many ways, the Middle East is in a more chaotic situation."