Strange events in Pakistan emerge like a bizarre entertainment. First a politician who wants security from a government doesn't stand up through the sun roof of a bullet proof car.
I followed Ms. Bhutto's political career for quite a while. Like the Peron's of Argentina and the Kennedys of the USA, there was always a large margin between the promise and the actual result.
In actual political performance Bhutto could be termed ineffectual and very divisive. Al Qaeda, the likely agency of assassination, may have finally goofed if it can be proved that they did this. The worst thing a society of future martyrs can do is to make a martyr of an opponent.
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"Al Qaeda, the likely agency of assassination, may have finally goofed if it can be proved that they did this."
I don't know if I agree with this. Maybe.
It occurred to me, if Al-Qaeda actually did it, they might have been doing a quid pro quo favor for Musharraf. It will be interesting to see if the Pakistani security forces continue to harass Al-Qaeda - if, in fact, that's what they've been doing the past six or seven years, while busily not catching Osama bin Laden.
I say this because it's no secret, senior members of the Pakistani security forces were closely allied with the Taliban in the past and religious crazies usually don't become suddenly sane over the period of a few years.
Al-Qaeda may not have liked Bhutto much but she hadn't actually done anything to them yet and it's Musharraf and the military who mostly benefit from this crime.
I read this morning Bhutto's son Bilawal just stepped into his mother's role as Chairman of the Party.
It's disgusting, how the world works.
People just need their kings, queens and emperors, don't they? If it isn't Kennedys, it's Bushes, Clintons etcetera.
Won't we ever learn a name is just a damned name?
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