[BOBTHENAILER]

The only person who stands to benefit from this is Musharraf, AQ gains nothing. I hate to dignify that idiotic statement with a reply, but I'm compelled. IMPOTENT (sp), al Qaeda is NOT. Especially in Pakistan. Showing their lethality and reach in a country where they have a 48% approval rating, benefits them greatly, while HURTING the Mush, GREATLY!!!

Been fightin' this battle awhile.

[fight_truth_decay]

I would hate to think you ran our Intelligence.

The ISI have had close ties to the Islamists since the 1970s especially ,Mehsud, a top militant commander fighting the Pakistani Army in South Waziristan with known ties to al-Qaeda and Afghan Taleban. Bhutto also had received letters before this assassination from friends of bin Laden.

Bhutto: I have "more to fear from unidentified members of a power structure" which she described as "allies of the forces of militancy”.

Those ISI figures became militarized after our support of them in their war against the Soviets. I know a different time, a different place..but nevertheless these once friendly ghosts have come back to haunt us.

If our intelligence was just watching those surrounding Musharraf and/or close friends of, then the CIA dropped the ball for Bush and Bhutto big time. Also now, after her death, she is a popular hero to politicians in the US, but when she first came out of exile, she was not thought this "perfect" martyr they now all applaud her to be. Our politicians and media hosts pull out thir photographs with Bhutto, Edwards makes a call to Musharraf saying "he met Bhutto at a conference in Abu Dhabi a few years ago where he was speaking, noting that she told him about how Pakistan's democracy movement had been "baptized in blood"; Edwards touts he knows the region, has spent time in Pakistan, and spent time with Musharraf". Edwards was pandering to his audience.

Obviously people are going to blame Musharraf for bringing Pakistan to this point, "intentionally or unintentionally". It's very clear that terrorism has increased in Pakistan. Any unrest is welcomed by the ISI and other al Qaeda "think tank" related groups. Bhutto threatened the ISI and the military control that exists more than she threatened Musharraf.

Another to consider, even though I smell the ISI and its ties to known terrorists, is Nawaz Sharif who talked of Bhutto "as a sister" but it was he removed her from office when he became PM.

The people in the streets turn on a whim and live on conspiracy theories just like those in this country. Acts of violence like the assassination of Bhutto hurt Musharraf, not help him. Obvious person of interest is not always so.

. Sorry to disagree. "And sorry you had to dignify my idiotic statements with your reply".