Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and current candidate for President of that country, was assassinated today. General Pervez Musharraf, who came to power in the military coup of 1999, was warned by many to take steps to provide better security for her. Senator Joseph Biden, for instance, says he has insisted upon it. Musharraf chose not to protect his likely successor. I wonder why. Whether Musharraf was directly behind the assassination or not, he, at the very least, turned a blind eye to efforts to assassinate her. Perhaps Islamic militants did his dirty work for him. He wouldn't have had to have ordered the murder. All he had to do was refuse to let her protect herself, and the deed was as good as done. Bhutto had offered to pay for the extra security precautions herself. But Musharraf said no, even when Biden requested it on her behalf. So, where has George Bush been in all of this? He's buddies with Musharraf, while Musharraf does nothing to find Osama Bin Laden. Just like he's buddies with Vladimir Putin, whose opponents mysteriously get killed, while Putin turns Russia's history back toward dictatorship. We're fighting a war that is supposed to spread democracy through the world, we're told. Democracy took a hit today. Freedom took a hit. Moderation took a hit. What will George Bush do? Whose side is he on? Let's watch and see.
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It was pathetic that Musharraf said she, more or less, did it to herself. Dan Schorr's comments were interesting--I think it was Saturday morning on NPR. It now seems clear that a bullet hit her directly in the neck. I turned the TV on at 4:30am Friday morning and got hit with this myself. It's a sad day for Pakistan, and let's hope it's a blow to Bush...so much for him trying to democratize the place. Like Musharraf, he didn't give a damn. Aloha
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