Benazir Bhutto killed in Pakistan

[stinkyattic]

the Sunday Times is the closest thing I practice to organized religion.

^^^Reason #34 that I adore the Birdie!^^^

[texas grass]

it sucks she died its sad when someone dies, but she was as corrupt as the taliban, she stole some of the most money from her country and cant get in trouble cause diplomatic imunity, and she was tryin to share power with president and if she accomplished that she could have shared power for the rest of her life cause she couldnt be kicked out of head office of her party and that can be bad in my eyes.

[birdgirl73]

I'm with you on diplomatic immunity and on perpetual party or political leadership once installed. I'm all for diplomats, elected officials and governments being no more immune than anyone else from anything, especially prosecution for crimes. And I'm all for term limits and a democratic process that allows party honchos and elected officials to be replaced or re-elected after a time.

[Nailhead]

but she was as corrupt as the taliban

corrupt or not, if she could keep a nuclear armed country from plunging into civil war I say who cares. Corruption would really only be a problem for the Pakistani people to deal with. There are a lot of corrupt countries in the world, but their corruption has little effect on foreign policy. There aren't a lot of female Arabs that are praised, her election alone could have done a lot to change the Arab world and how they look at women in general.

Doesn't it seem weird how none of the extremist websites claimed responsibility, but that is who Musharraf is blaming? I'm not a conspiracy theorist but it wouldn't surprise me if he had a connection in her death. Especially after watching the latest news video of her being shot contradicting how Musharraf is claiming she died. Doesn't look good at all for Pakistan.

[Reefer Rogue]

Her son's taking over the party. 'Democracy is the best revenge'

[texas grass]

her son the 19 yr old is taking over in office, and that means he can be party ruler for the rest of his life, thats not democracy

[Innominate]

The Pakistani Government must quit lying, and begin the election process immediately. But anything is possible with radicalism and agitation at its current level in the mid-east.

[birdgirl73]

her son the 19 yr old is taking over in office, and that means he can be party ruler for the rest of his life, thats not democracy

Texas Grass, I think you're confusing leadership of the Pakistan People's Party with the political office she was aiming for and which her son may aim for in time: Prime Minister or elected president or, until there's reform, co-president (which was what she was campaigning for). The current president of Pakistan, Musharaff, took over his office in a coup. But the PPP wants free democratic elections.

Her son Bilawal Zardari will be the lifelong chair of the PPP, not the country of Pakistan itself. That's the same thing as if a lifelong Republican National Committee or Republican Party chairman were appointed here, not a perpetual president.

[greenlotus]

Winston Churchill once said, 'the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with any voter.'

Pakistan is an example of not only the cultural clash of East meeting West, but the economic friction of have's and have not's.

[Bongoman]

Bhutto being killed doesn't worry me nearly as much as the insane reaction from the mass media, as if we need to do something. It's not our civil war, why in the world should we get involved?

End all funding to Pakistan, the money is being wasted by a dictator anyway. If we really supported democracy we never would be supporting a dictator anyway. Another valid reason to impeach our own dictator, Bush.

Pakistan may not be our problem right now, but if the West gets jittery about North Korea having miserable pissant nukes, what the hell are they going to do if a Talibanesque government takes over in Pakistan, a nation with over 50 nukes, as well as the means to deliver them? The West will have to interfere on national security grounds should the Pakistani government be toppled and be replaced by a bunch of mad fundamentalists. And in reference to your other post, "Arab" is not a catch all term for any Muslim, Arabs are a loose ethnic group comprised of North Africans and Arabians; you can have Christian Arabs as well as Muslim Arabs. Afghanis, Malaysians, Pakistanis etc are not Arabs.