Published in National Review Online With the killing of Osama bin Laden, we return to the age old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg? Or, in our context, which came first—the jihadist vision or the jihadist? The ideology or the ideologue? Did Osama "create" the ideology of jihad, or did the ancient ideology of jihad create him—and countless like him, past, … [Read more...]