Benazir Bhutto killed in Pakistan

Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto's just been shot and blown up in Pakistan. Poor woman.

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Benazir Bhutto killed in attack

shit.

Isanity. Fucking insanity. I just don't understand people sometimes.

this is a very bad thing and will have some very serious effects and implications world wide.

This is so sad coming after her attempts to return to her homeland and do right by her people. It wasn't the first attempt to assassinate her, but she was fearless in her struggle. That's a courageous woman to look up to.

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

This is so sad coming after her attempts to return to her homeland and do right by her people. It wasn't the first attempt to assassinate her, but she was fearless in her struggle. That's a courageous woman to look up to.

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Damn straight

I don't know where this idea that she was a leader worth admiring comes from. She is widely believed to have been one of the most corrupt and ruthless dictators not only in the history of Pakistan, but in all of Asia.

R.I.P...

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Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat

I don't know where this idea that she was a leader worth admiring comes from. She is widely believed to have been one of the most corrupt and ruthless dictators not only in the history of Pakistan, but in all of Asia.

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Sources? She may not have been perfect, but the nastiest stuff I can find about her is some corruption allegations and supporting the Taliban back in the 80's. Shes done a lot for womens rights in Pakistan, as well as promoting democracy and all that jazz. As for her being widely believed to being the most ruthless dictator in all Asia, COMON! Are you seriously comparing corruption charges to Pol Pot killing 1/3rd of the Cambodian population or Mao's purges? Just because people think its a bad thing she died doesn't mean shes the best thing ever.

BA's sources are usually colored heavily by his distorted interpretation of things he's read in the distant past, from what I can conclude, Bongoman. He will take a nugget of information and color it heavily so that it allows him to take an opposing view here, whether that view has a foundation of accuracy or not.

The reputation as politically â??corruptâ?� was always largely an allegation. Bhutto was never tried for any of those charges, which were brought against her because she represented a change and was a voice for the people. She was removed from office under charges of corruption because she opposed war lords, opposed the feudal system, supported nationalism, opposed discrimination against women, and was a secular, educated, liberal, articulate threat to the conservative status quo. The charges of financial corruption were probably largely brought to besmirch her reputation, too, but I have to admit that those are some high dollar bank accounts she and her husband had stashed around the world. Those NYTimes reports 10 years ago on the likely payoffs to her husband from a French aircraft maker definitely got my notice.

However things came out in the wash of those political and financial allegations, I think itâ??s a lot easier to allege corruption than acknowledge what a terrifying prospect she represented to that insane part of the world as a forward-thinking, change-minded, people-supporting female leader.