There goes Pakistan.
The first female prime minister of a Muslim country, Benazir Bhutto, has been assassinated. Not only has an amazing woman lost her life, but the Pakistani women and children have lost an inspiring and empowering role model. She was an intelligent, articulate, outspoken, compassionate woman who was killed not only for her political beliefs, but also because she was a woman who defied the submissive role that Islamic fundamentalists impose upon women -- a very sad day for all women, worldwide.
But the only surprise here really, is that Benazir Bhutto lived this long.
I had hoped differently....
They show TV clips of her saying that she wouldn't be killed because she was a woman. But she probably said that before the assassination attempt in October.
The main suspects in the assassination are the foreign and Pakistani Islamist militants who had repeatedly threatened to kill her...they saw her as a Westernized heretic and an American stooge.
All one week before our primaries too. Could be good for Rudy and Hillary's campaign... they'll claim we have to be tough and we have to stay in Iraq.
From the Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2007: "WASHINGTON -- For months, the Bush administration's hopes for stability in Pakistan rested on the rising influence of Benazir Bhutto. Her death Thursday shattered those hopes and threatened to paralyze U.S. priorities there: fighting terrorism, ensuring the safety of the country's nuclear weapons and preventing regional chaos.[..]"
The entire Middle East is now more prone to violence since Bush opened Pandora's Box by invading the Oil Fields.
The problem is we interfere TOO MUCH in the rest of the world ...if Bush had just stayed in Afghanistan to clean it up, then Pakistan would not be so unstable now.
I just hope we know where all Pakistan's nukes are ...just in case civil war breaks out ...
Some are saying that it was the US who made a deal with Musharraf to bring Bhutto back into the country to give an appearance of democracy. And that Musharraf only halfway went along...hence the lack of security for Bhutto, policemen leaving their posts yesterday, etc.
Was the hand of Musharraf really behind this assassination? Or was it the hand behind the hand--the anti-democratic pro-dictatorship Musharraf supporters and sympathizers?
Maybe Musharraf didn't play a role in the conspiracy at all...maybe even worse, he was completely powerless to stop it or even know about it.
So what does Bush do now...ask Musharraf to take off his uniform again? Demand to know where the nukes are? I mean we should get *something* for our $1 billion a year.
Bet Bush was pissed when Musharraf first refused to take his call after Bhutto was killed.
And how much longer before Musharraf leaves the scene in a body bag?
Bush probably can't do a single thing about Pakistan.
Did overthrowing a secular dictator in Iraq, who kept radical Islam in check, do a damn thing to control radical Islam around the world?
