Osama bin Laden’s death is the result of American persistence and American military professionalism. For at least a century, America’s enemies and their propagandists have portrayed the United States as lacking the will to engage in an extended struggle. The roots of this myth actually extend into the 18th century, but, with the 20th century and the global proof of America’s economic, political, and cultural success, the accusations of spinelessness and fecklessness became more elaborate and insistent.

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