Pakistan ping
She is a brave woman indeed. Too bad she didn’t do a better job of prempting this mess while she was in power.
Bhutto could have taken a helicopter instead of an entourage surrounded by 100,000 supporters that traveled only 12 km. in 10 hours, speeches along the way, etc.
She immediately talked of conspiracies against her. She was well aware of AQ/Taliban desires to kill her. What did she think was going to happen? Duh, a bomber showed up and now she can garner political sympathy and gin up a them vs. us scenario to get more votes, “I’m an outsider”, “restoring democracy”, on and on. The not-so-secret conspirators she named: Retired Brigadier Ejaz Shah (he is head of the Intelligence Bureau, which is a part of the Interior Ministry) (like our FBI)
Ijaz-ul-Haq, he is the Religious Affairs Minister and is son Zia-ul-Huq, who hanged Bhutto’s father.
And an unknown official of the National Accountability Bureau who has been investigating Bhutto and her husband Zardari for corruption.
are not that well organized with roaming hit squads, come on.
Understand that Bhutto is a clever and capable politician, a Pakistani patriot and a friend to America. We cannot kill bin Laden without her, but will have to hold our noses from time to time for her political gamesmanship.
Gotta love her.
Hope for Pakistan.
I pray for her safety! If she can convince the citizens of Pakistan to turn away from extremism, it will be a remarkable feat.
A 'democracy' represents its people. If the people are majority half-insane islamofascists, so to will their 'democracy' be.
Not to pick solely on Pakistanis, the American government is also a reflection of the American people and is only as strong and virtuous as the American nation.