Vicki G

“Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be an AK-47 and a Makarov pistol in a holster. I took each weapon down and pulled out the magazine and checked the chamber.
They were both empty.
He hadn't even prepared a defense. He had no intention of fighting. He asked his followers for decades to wear suicide vests or fly planes into buildings, but didn't even pick up his weapon [...]
Bin Laden knew we were coming when he heard the helicopter. I had more respect for Ahmed al-Kuwaiti in the guesthouse because at least he tried to defend himself and his family. Bin Laden had more time to prepare than the the others, and yet he still didn't do anything. Did he believe his own message? Was he willing to fight the war he asked for? I don't think so. Otherwise, he would have at least gotten his gun and stood up for what he believed. There is no honor in sending people to die for something you won't even fight for yourself.”
― Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

“Most politicians lie for the same reason a monkey swings by his tail, which is to say because he can.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

“I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care.”
― Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

“Shit. The mind gets up to funny tricks, doesn't it? Shadows grow faces.”
― Stephen King, Just After Sunset