The present head of the PPP is Benazir Bhutto's widower. One thing you can count on is he won't get in bed with the men who murdered her.
In the 1970s, with communism aggressively on the march throughout the world, moving a country toward communism was more of a sin than the socialism-lite advocated by the present PPP. Not that there aren't real communists in the world - see Nepal, or Venezuela.
The present PPP is not going to have a red terror in Pakistan. It is just going to give away more than the country can probably afford to the poor, and slow economic growth thereby. And in security matters they are on the side of the angels, and that matters far more in Pakistan at the present time.
I'd be more concerned about Sharif seeking power through conniving at fundamentalist violence, to get him what he can't win at the ballot box...
> The present PPP is not going to have a red terror in Pakistan. It is just going to give away more than the country can probably afford to the poor, and slow economic growth thereby. And in security matters they are on the side of the angels, and that matters far more in Pakistan at the present time.
I agree. And I hope that the State Dept. has been savvy enough to hedge their bets in cultivating ties outside of Musharraf — although I’m not going to hold my breath, I’ve been disappointed so much by them lately.