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I am much more upset by the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister and current opposition leader Benazir Bhutto that I probably should be.
I don't really talk about politics here much because I know that my readers have varying opinions and affiliations so I try not to offend anyone. I know you don't come here to read about politics so I try to be cognizant of that and leave that to the political bloggers. However, this story is about far more than politics.
I saw and heard many interviews with Bhutto when she returned to Pakistan in October. She was such a smart and courageous woman. She saw her father hung by a previous military government (after a farcical trial), yet she returned from self-imposed exile in spite of trumped-up corruption charges against her. She put her life at risk to save her country from dictatorship and that alone makes her an amazing woman.
Musharraf put her under house arrest with FOUR THOUSAND military police surrounding her home, yet couldn't provide enough security forces to keep someone from walking up to her and shooting her in the neck.
It saddens me. And it infuriates me that our government will continue to be on friendly terms with a government that would allow this to happen.
Heaven must be a better place with her presence. But her country, and indeed, the world, is a far worse place with her loss.
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I didn't realize it had happened until I read your blog, so thanks.
It's the most dangerous part of the world, and it just seems her death is one of a long line of those before and those who will follow. What can be the answer? I certainly have no idea.
I'd heard some reports that her leadership was flawed as well, but you're right, she was nothing if not courageous.
Tell me about it. Came home and found my husband almost in tears over it. And I was really upset too. I grew up with the news about this extraordinary woman. I learned a lot of things about the world and Pakistan in particular through her. What a loss!
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